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natal
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adj. Pertaining to one’s birth.
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rivulet
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n. A small stream or brook.
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aeronaut
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n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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proctor
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n. An agent acting for another.
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almanac
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n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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deplore
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v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
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condescend
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v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
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hygiene
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n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
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irruption
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n. Sudden invasion.
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potentate
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n. One possessed of great power or sway.
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modernity
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n. The state or character of being modern.
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literature
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n. The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.
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jaundice
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n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.
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corrode
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v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
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exodus
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n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
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emeritus
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adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
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necessary
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adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
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sinuous
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adj. Curving in and out.
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astringent
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adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
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invigorate
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v. To animate.
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excavate
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v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
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deject
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v. To dishearten.
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jocular
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adj. Inclined to joke.
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excellence
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n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
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leisure
n. Spare time.
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canary
adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
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blockade
n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
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brevity
n. Shortness of duration.
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exigency
n. A critical period or condition.
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demise
n. Death.
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waive
v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
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succumb
v. To cease to resist.
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visual
adj. Perceptible by sight.
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resent
v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
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unlimited
adj. Unconstrained.
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writing
n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
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apiary
n. A place where bees are kept.
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extant
adj. Still existing and known.
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perspicacity
n. Acuteness or discernment.
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discontinuance
n. Interruption or intermission.
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preempt
v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
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autocrat
n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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adulterate
v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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magnate
n. A person of rank or importance.
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indignant
adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
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captivate
v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
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irreverence
n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
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opposite
adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
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mongrel
n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
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triennial
adj. Taking place every third year.
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narration
n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
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Decameron
n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
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oratory
n. The art of public speaking.
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impiety
n. Irreverence toward God.
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acclaim
v. To utter with a shout.
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lexicography
n. The making of dictionaries.
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alto
n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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replica
n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
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antiphon
n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
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divisor
n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.
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embody
v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
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conservative
adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
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lea
n. A field.
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furlough
n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
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exhume
v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
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intolerance
n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
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innovate
v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
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solecism
n. Any violation of established rules or customs.
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antedate
v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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belligerent
adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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extravagance
n. Undue expenditure of money.
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courtesy
n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
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sextuple
adj. Multiplied by six.
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transcribe
v. To write over again (something already written)
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homophone
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
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excrescence
n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
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negligence
n. Omission of that which ought to be done.
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estuary
n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
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magician
n. A sorcerer.
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propulsion
n. A driving onward or forward.
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latish
adj. Rather late.
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facile
adj. Not difficult to do.
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negotiable
v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
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paralyze
v. To deprive of the power to act.
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submersion
n. The act of submerging.
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eloquent
adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
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derision
n. Ridicule.
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protagonist
n. A leader in any enterprise or contest.
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grandiose
adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
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precedence
n. Priority in place, time, or rank.
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mountaineer
n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
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heathenish
adj. Irreligious.
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prehension
n. The act of laying hold of or grasping.
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conveyance
n. That by which anything is transported.
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outride
v. To ride faster than.
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recluse
n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
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campaign
n. A complete series of connected military operations.
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temporal
adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
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skeptic
n. One who doubts any statements.
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ogre
n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.
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drought
n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
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laudatory
adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
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reign
v. To hold and exercise sovereign power.
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connubial
adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
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phosphorescence
n. The property of emitting light.
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abscess
n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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peripatetic
adj. Walking about.
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doublet
n. One of a pair of like things.
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dolesome
adj. Melancholy.
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waif
n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
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stifle
v. To smother.
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osculate
v. To kiss.
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destitute
adj. Poverty-stricken.
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insurgence
n. Uprising.
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underlie
v. To be the ground or support of.
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truculence
n. Ferocity.
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orthodox
adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith.
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reprimand
v. To chide or rebuke for a fault.
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hexangular
adj. Having six angles.
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vitalize
v. To endow with life or energy.
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accustom
v. To make familiar by use.
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decasyllable
n. A line of ten syllables.
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miter
n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
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wherever
adv. In or at whatever place.
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left-handed
adj. Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
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paragon
n. A model of excellence.
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salient
adj. Standing out prominently.
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incapacitate
v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
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negation
n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
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patrimony
n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one’s father.
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dolorous
adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
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insulate
v. To place in a detached state or situation.
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viol
n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
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encyclical
adj. Intended for general circulation.
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regality
n. Royalty.
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casual
adj. Accidental, by chance.
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conversant
adj. Thoroughly informed.
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head
foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
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equilibrium
n. A state of balance.
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alienate
v. To cause to turn away.
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estimable
adj. Worthy of respect.
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protrusion
n. The act of protruding.
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saline
adj. Constituting or consisting of salt.
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extremist
n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
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piccolo
n. A small flute.
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sustenance
n. Food.
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hoodwink
v. To deceive.
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liniment
n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
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demonstrative
adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
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panegyric
n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
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aerostatics
n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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intrusion
n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.
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acrimony
n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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perspicacious
adj. Astute.
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ramify
v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
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stupendous
adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
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usurious
adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
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procedure
n. A manner or method of acting.
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hydraulic
adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
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infuse
v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
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betide
v. To happen to or befall.
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sheer
adj. Absolute.
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poesy
n. Poetry.
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nauseous
adj. Loathsome.
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obesity
n. Excessive fatness.
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pentahedron
n. A solid bounded by five plane faces.
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ignominious
adj. Shameful.
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aviary
n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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tranquil
adj. Calm.
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brimstone
n. Sulfur.
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nunnery
n. A convent for nuns.
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eventual
adj. Ultimate.
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versatile
adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
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conscience
n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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introspection
n. The act of observing and analyzing one’s own thoughts and feelings.
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militarism
n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
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euphonious
adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
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polytechnic
adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
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contemporaneous
adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
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hawthorn
n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
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enlist
v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
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emphatic
adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
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knead
v. To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.
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preemption
n. The right or act of purchasing before others.
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rectitude
n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
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well-to-do
adj. In prosperous circumstances.
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transalpine
adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
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thoroughbred
adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
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hirsute
adj. Having a hairy covering.
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gynecology
n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
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dwindle
v. To diminish or become less.
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imaginary
adj. Fancied.
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motto
n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
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unsettle
v. To put into confusion.
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limitation
n. A restriction.
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illusion
n. An unreal image presented to the senses.
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scribe
n. One who writes or is skilled in writing.
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capillary
n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
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audition
n. The act or sensation of hearing.
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wiry
adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.
