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tremendous
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adj. Awe-inspiring.
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voluptuous
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adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
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conjunction
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n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
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telescope
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v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
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conformity
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n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
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prohibition
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n. A decree or an order forbidding something.
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erratic
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adj. Irregular.
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clement
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adj. Compassionate.
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indomitable
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adj. Unconquerable.
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ecstatic
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adj. Enraptured.
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copious
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adj. Plenteous.
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quarterly
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adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
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medieval
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adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.
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deprecate
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v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
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disparity
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n. Inequality.
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tolerance
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n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
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wampum
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n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
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infusion
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n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
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aforesaid
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adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
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vassal
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n. A slave or bondman.
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zeitgeist
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n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
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sepulcher
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n. A burial-place.
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automaton
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n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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somnolent
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adj. Sleepy.
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derive
v. To deduce, as from a premise.
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imperative
adj. Obligatory.
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parlance
n. Mode of speech.
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propitious
adj. Kindly disposed.
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avalanche
n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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verdant
adj. Green with vegetation.
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impregnate
v. To make pregnant.
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ceremonious
adj. Observant of ritual.
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encompass
v. To encircle.
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ultimate
adj. Beyond which there is nothing else.
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bigamy
n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
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recapture
v. To capture again.
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meddlesome
adj. Interfering.
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obituary
adj. A published notice of a death.
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Anglophobia
n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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promulgate
v. To proclaim.
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anagram
n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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decapod
adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
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prominence
n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
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foolery
n. Folly.
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parliament
n. A legislative body.
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lying
n. Untruthfulness.
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unify
v. To cause to be one.
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dialect
n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
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hosiery
n. A stocking.
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participant
n. One having a share or part.
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bombast
n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
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duration
n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
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depositor
n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
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later
adv. At a subsequent time.
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sophisticate
v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
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insurrection
n. The state of being in active resistance to authority.
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mealy-mouthed
adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
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anticyclone
n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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truthful
adj. Veracious.
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laud
v. To praise in words or song.
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impolitic
adj. Inexpedient.
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interposition
n. A coming between.
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distort
v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
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captious
adj. Hypercritical.
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apathy
n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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accusatory
adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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intestacy
n. The condition resulting from one’s dying not having made a valid will.
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wield
v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
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pretension
n. A bold or presumptuous assertion.
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oscillate
v. To swing back and forth.
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referrer
n. One who refers.
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repulse
n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
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extenuate
v. To diminish the gravity or importance of.
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guileless
adj. Frank.
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infest
v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
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continuance
n. Permanence.
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anthology
n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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morphology
n. the science of organic forms.
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egoism
n. The theory that places man’s chief good in the completeness of self.
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faulty
adj. Imperfect.
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aggrandize
v. To cause to appear greatly.
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plagiarism
n. The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one’s own.
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bray
n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
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fulsome
adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
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symmetry
n. Relative proportion and harmony.
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dismissal
n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
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intracellular
adj. Occurring or situated within a cell.
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fungous
adj. Spongy.
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singe
v. To burn slightly or superficially.
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philosophy
n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
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overthrow
v. To vanquish an established ruler or government.
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plenitude
n. Abundance.
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finite
adj. Limited.
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overeat
v. To eat to excess.
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uppermost
adj. First in order of precedence.
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clairvoyance
n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
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deceit
n. Falsehood.
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profligate
adj. Abandoned to vice.
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coronation
n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
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anthropomorphous
adj. Having or resembling human form.
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transfuse
v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
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amusement
n. Diversion.
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beau
n. An escort or lover.
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antenatal
adj. Occurring or existing before birth.
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dictum
n. A positive utterance.
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variable
adj. Having a tendency to change.
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cat-o-nine-tails
n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
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repulsive
adj. Grossly offensive.
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compression
n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
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contiguous
adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
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insignificant
adj. Without importance, force, or influence.
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velvety
adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
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actuality
n. Any reality.
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whereabouts
n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
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antecedent
n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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respite
n. Interval of rest.
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conjugal
adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
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denude
v. To strip the covering from.
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bureau
n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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analogy
n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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extol
v. To praise in the highest terms.
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rightful
adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
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choleric
adj. Easily provoked to anger.
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loch
n. A lake.
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cynicism
n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
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insular
adj. Pertaining to an island.
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palpable
n. perceptible by feeling or touch.
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palette
n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
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frowzy
adj. Slovenly in appearance.
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beneficent
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
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prophecy
n. Any prediction or foretelling.
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trinity
n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
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regime
n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
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quartet
n. A composition for four voices or four instruments.
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inadmissible
adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
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fissure
n. A crack or crack-like depression.
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impersuadable
adj. Unyielding.
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exorbitance
n. Extravagance or enormity.
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superintend
v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
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arrear
n. Something overdue and unpaid.
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exhale
v. To breathe forth.
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latency
n. The state of being dormant.
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accost
v. To speak to.
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prudery
n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
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distemper
n. A disease or malady.
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incomparable
adj. Matchless.
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demagnetize
v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
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inconsistent
adj. Contradictory.
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adjacency
n. The state of being adjacent.
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protocol
n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
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decapitate
v. To behead.
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assonance
n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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pompous
adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
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unguent
n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
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loath
adj. Averse.
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debatable
adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
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lunar
adj. Pertaining to the moon.
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veracious
adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
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writhe
v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
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commissariat
n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
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impliable
adj. Capable of being inferred.
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dissimilar
adj. Different.
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erudite
adj. Very-learned.
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principality
n. The territory of a reigning prince.
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assonant
adj. Having resemblance of sound.
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treachery
n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
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probe
v. To search through and through.
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impregnable
adj. That can not be taken by assault.
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contumacy
n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
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propagate
v. To spread abroad or from person to person.
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ravage
v. To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.
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inapt
adj. Awkward or slow.
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bale
n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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doubly
adv. In twofold degree or extent.
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pledgee
n. The person to whom anything is pledged.
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fez
n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
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aspire
v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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picayune
adj. Of small value.
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enthuse
v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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indefinitely
adv. In a vague or uncertain way.
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biography
n. A written account of one’s life, actions, and character.
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philanthropic
adj. Benevolent.
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qualification
n. A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
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exorcise
v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
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pharmacy
n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
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consignor
n. One who entrusts.
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ante
v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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curio
n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
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incisor
n. A front or cutting tooth.
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boatswain
n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
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outrigger
n. A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support.
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immaculate
adj. Without spot or blemish.
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superlative
n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
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constrict
v. To bind.
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transfusible
adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
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preponderate
v. To exceed in influence or power.
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sonnet
n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
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precedential
adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
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fluent
adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
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burgher
n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
