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abyss

n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit

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adherent

n. supporter; follower

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agility

n. nimbleness

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alloy (n)

n. a mixture as of metals

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annotate

v. comment; make explanatory notes

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apparatus

n. equipment

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arid

adj. dry; barren

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autocratic

adj. having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial

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barb

n. sharp projection from fishhook, etc. ; openly cutting remark

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beneficiary

n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

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bloated

adj. swollen or puffed as with water or air

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bristling

adj. rising like bristles; showing irritation

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calorific

adj. heat-producing

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cater to

v. supply something desired (whether good or bad)

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charisma

n. divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of a political leader

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collate

v. examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order

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context

n. writings preceding and following the passage quoted

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deify

v. turn into a god; idolize

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depredation

n. plundering

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diagnosis

n. art of identifying a disease; analysis of a condition

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discomfit

v. put to rout; defeat; disconcert

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dutiful

adj. respectful; obedient

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endemic

adj. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

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epitaph

n. inscription in memory of a dead person

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fluency

n. smoothness of speech

fraudulent

adj. cheating; deceitful

garbled

adj. mixed up; jumbled; distorted

gloss over

v. explain away

gruesome

adj. grisly; horrible

heyday

n. time of greatest success; prime

imprudent

adj. lacking caution; injudicious

incense

v. enrage; infuriate

incontinent

adj. lacking self-restraint; licentious

inhibit

v. restrain; retard or prevent

infernal

adj. pertaining to hell; devilish

invocation

n. prayer for help; calling upon as a reference or support

intricate

adj. complex; knotty; tangled

jocose

adj. given to joking

knave

n. untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel

lugubrious

adj. mournful

maladroit

adj. clumsy; bungling

maternal

adj. motherly

meditation

n. reflection; thought

metaphysical

adj. pertaining to speculative philosophy

outmoded

adj. no longer stylish; old-fashioned

partial

adj. incomplete; having a liking for something

monosyllabic

adj. having only one syllable

precise

adj. exact

practitioner

n. someone engaged in a profession (law, medicine)

purveyor

n. one who furnishes foodstuffs; caterer

recast

v. reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again

smirk

n. conceited smile

stilted

adj. bombastic; inflated

tedious

adj. boring; tiring

timidity

n. lack of self-confidence or courage

traumatic

adj. pertaining to an injury caused by violence

unbridled

adj. violent

vignette

n. picture; short literary sketch

veracity

n. truthfulness

worldly

adj. engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual