deck1400 Flashcards
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liquefy
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v. To convert into a liquid or into liquid form.
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reprehension
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n. Expression of blame.
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retrench
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v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
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extant
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adj. Still existing and known.
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sentient
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adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.
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gynecology
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n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
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sanctimonious
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adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
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consort
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n. A companion or associate.
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deduce
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v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
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volant
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adj. Flying or able to fly.
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glacier
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n. A field or stream of ice.
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landholder
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n. Landowner.
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partisan
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adj. Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
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corporeal
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adj. Of a material nature; physical.
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granary
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n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
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vegetative
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adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
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extravagant
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adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
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paramour
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n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
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resplendent
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adj. Very bright.
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progression
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n. A moving forward or proceeding in course.
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seclusion
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n. Solitude.
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incidentally
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adv. Without intention.
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unutterable
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adj. Inexpressible.
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sequent
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adj. Following in the order of time.
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convex
adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
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submergence
n. The act of submerging.
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lattice
n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
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chivalry
n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
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apex
n. The highest point, as of a mountain.
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rapid
adj. Having great speed.
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embezzle
v. To misappropriate secretly.
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deign
v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
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archdeacon
n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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centenary
adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
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decameter
n. A length of ten meters.
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acquiesce
v. To comply; submit.
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degradation
n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
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inert
adj. Inanimate.
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monocracy
n. Government by a single person.
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magnet
n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
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luxuriance
n. Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
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collaborate
v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
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arbitrary
adj. Fixed or done capriciously.
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dilate
v. To enlarge in all directions.
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provocation
n. An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
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soldier
n. A person engaged in military service.
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abomination
n. A very detestable act or practice.
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granular
adj. Composed of small grains or particles.
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profligacy
n. Shameless viciousness.
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archaism
n. Obsolescence.
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caricature
n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
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sinister
adj. Evil.
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overhang
n. A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.
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Britannia
n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Calvinism
n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
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hinder
v. To obstruct.
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despotism
n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
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Christ
n. A title of Jesus
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supple
adj. Easily bent.
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evolve
v. To unfold or expand.
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compressible
adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
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caprice
n. A whim.
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abbey
n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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foreclose
v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
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multiplicity
n. the condition of being manifold or very various.
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modernity
n. The state or character of being modern.
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upheave
v. To raise or lift with effort.
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mongrel
n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
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foreordain
v. To predetermine.
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causal
adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
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irreligious
adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion.
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inwardly
adv. With no outward manifestation.
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adulterant
n. An adulterating substance.
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austere
adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
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poetic
adj. Pertaining to poetry.
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panel
n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
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regime
n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
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necromancer
n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
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militia
n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
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endue
v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
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clan
n. A tribe.
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dismissal
n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
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acetic
adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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academic
adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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entangle
v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
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theological
adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
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cognizant
adj. Taking notice.
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burnish
v. To make brilliant or shining.
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positive
adj. Free from doubt or hesitation.
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suspicious
adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
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exemplar
n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
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pillory
n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
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enumerate
v. To name one by one.
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kilowatt
n. One thousand watts.
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lax
adj. Not stringent or energetic.
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usage
n. Treatment.
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tenant
n. An occupant.
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boll
n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
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innovate
v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
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iota
n. A small or insignificant mark or part.
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subtend
v. To extend opposite to.
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isolate
v. To separate from others of its kind.
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appellate
adj. Capable of being appealed to.
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alluvion
n. Flood.
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readily
adv. Without objection or reluctance.
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nausea
n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
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foggy
adj. Obscure.
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orthopedic
adj. Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
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myth
n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
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oculist
n. One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
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contemporary
adj. Living or existing at the same time.
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generality
n. The principal portion.
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amatory
adj. Designed to excite love.
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guess
n. Surmise.
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cartilage
n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
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profligate
adj. Abandoned to vice.
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serviceable
adj. Durable.
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emanate
v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
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frowzy
adj. Slovenly in appearance.
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thrall
n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
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subterranean
adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
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thermal
adj. Of or pertaining to heat.
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derelict
adj. Neglectful of obligation.
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academician
n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.
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diabolic
adj. Characteristic of the devil.
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Titanic
adj. Of vast size or strength.
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deceive
v. To mislead by or as by falsehood.
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licentious
adj. Wanton.
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reticence
n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
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locomotion
n. The act or power of moving from one place to another.
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excrescence
n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.
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suspense
n. Uncertainty.
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ambrosial
adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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iconoclast
n. An image-breaker.
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anticyclone
n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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nautical
adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
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invigorate
v. To animate.
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persiflage
n. Banter.
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garrison
n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
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solicitor
n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
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admissible
adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
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intermediate
adj. Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.
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deposition
n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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neophyte
adj. Having the character of a beginner.
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lunatic
n. An insane person.
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ampersand
n. The character &; and.
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semblance
n. Outward appearance.
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donee
n. A person to whom a donation is made.
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rebuff
n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
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despot
n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
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rampart
n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
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comprehension
n. Ability to know.
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exposure
n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
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fitful
adj. Spasmodic.
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corruptible
adj. Open to bribery.
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resistant
adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance.
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eminence
n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
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disarm
v. To deprive of weapons.
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crucible
n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
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accustom
v. To make familiar by use.
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bristle
n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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introspection
n. The act of observing and analyzing one’s own thoughts and feelings.
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abscond
v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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calorie
n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
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cosmic
adj. Pertaining to the universe.
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regicide
n. The killing of a king or sovereign.
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respondent
adj. Answering.
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frugal
adj. Economical.
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radix
n. That from or on which something is developed.
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believe
v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
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supplicate
v. To beg.
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grotesque
adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
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disapprove
v. To regard with blame.
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encyclopedia
n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
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secretive
adj. Having a tendency to conceal.
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recluse
n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
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avocation
n. Diversion.
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contributor
n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
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odoriferous
adj. Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
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shrinkage
n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
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opulence
n. Affluence.
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degenerate
v. To become worse or inferior.
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superadd
v. To add in addition to what has been added.
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alcohol
n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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addendum
n. Something added, or to be added.
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brotherhood
n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
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brigand
n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
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syllabic
adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
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omnivorous
adj. Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.
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adjacency
n. The state of being adjacent.
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amour
n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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battalion
n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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intemperance
n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
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plasticity
n. The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
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death’s-head
n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
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medallion
n. A large medal.
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revile
v. To heap approach or abuse upon.
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annual
adj. Occurring every year.
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irascible
adj. Prone to anger.
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outstrip
v. To go beyond.
