deck1600 Flashcards
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resonate
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v. To have or produce resonance.
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sycophant
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n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
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captious
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adj. Hypercritical.
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playful
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adj. Frolicsome.
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modish
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adj. Fashionable.
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optics
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n. The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
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cauterize
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v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
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diffident
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adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
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befog
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v. To confuse.
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antagonism
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n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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veracity
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n. Truthfulness.
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imminent
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adj. Dangerous and close at hand.
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avalanche
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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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phlegmatic
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adj. Not easily roused to feeling or action.
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virtuoso
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n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
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abominate
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v. To hate violently.
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counteract
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v. To act in opposition to.
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hoodwink
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v. To deceive.
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pedagogics
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n. The science and art of teaching.
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moat
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n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
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undeceive
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v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
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misdemeanor
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n. Evil conduct, small crime.
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feminine
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adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind.
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pamphleteer
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v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
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inceptive
adj. Beginning.
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prescript
adj. Prescribed as a rule or model.
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jocose
adj. Done or made in jest.
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counterbalance
v. To oppose with an equal force.
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anecdote
n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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reprimand
v. To chide or rebuke for a fault.
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dubious
adj. Doubtful.
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unwieldy
adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.
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reducible
adj. That may be reduced.
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Artesian
well n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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repository
n. A place in which goods are stored.
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athirst
adj. Wanting water.
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vendor
n. A seller.
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literal
adj. Following the exact words.
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disfigure
v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
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sacrifice
v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
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docket
n. The registry of judgments of a court.
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heretic
n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.
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itinerary
n. A detailed account or diary of a journey.
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resilient
adj. Having the quality of springing back to a former position.
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grandiloquent
adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
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frightful
adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm.
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buoyancy
n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
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medley
n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.
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lave
v. To wash or bathe.
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assassinate
v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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flag-officer
n. The captain of a flag-ship.
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immature
adj. Not full-grown.
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socialism
n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
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giver
n. One who gives, in any sense.
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paraphrase
v. Translate freely.
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carnage
n. Massacre.
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kiloliter
n. One thousand liters.
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convalesce
v. To recover after a sickness.
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purloin
v. To steal.
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municipality
n. A district enjoying municipal government.
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contemptible
adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
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iridescent
adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.
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hillock
n. A small hill or mound.
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decapitate
v. To behead.
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resonance
adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
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feasible
adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
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entrench
v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
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flexible
adj. Pliable.
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vertex
n. Apex.
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palliate
v. To cause to appear less guilty.
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preservation
n. Conservation.
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propel
v. To drive or urge forward.
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protoplasm
n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
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abdomen
n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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nowadays
adv. In the present time or age.
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crevasse
n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
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reaction
n. Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.
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critique
n. A criticism or critical review.
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virago
n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
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Canaanite
n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
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aboveboard
adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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chronology
n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
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alliance
n. Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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raillery
n. Good-humored satire.
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optimism
n. The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
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consolidate
v. To combine into one body or system.
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psychopathic
adj. Morally irresponsible.
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impetuosity
n. Rashness.
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profiteer
n. One who profits.
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felicity
n. A state of well-founded happiness.
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tenure
n. The term during which a thing is held.
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bask
v. To make warm by genial heat.
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magnetize
v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
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brine
n. Water saturated with salt.
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stipend
n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
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lingua
n. The tongue.
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deliquesce
v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
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coniferous
adj. Cone-bearing trees.
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stanchion
n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
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sibilance
n. A hissing sound.
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paralysis
n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
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botany
n. The science that treats of plants.
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hexangular
adj. Having six angles.
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paramount
adj. Supreme in authority.
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elapse
v. To quietly terminate: said of time.
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parentage
n. The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
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leisure
n. Spare time.
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undersell
v. To sell at a lower price than.
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indescribable
adj. That can not be described.
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lea
n. A field.
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arborescent
adj. Having the nature of a tree.
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cosmology
n. The general science of the universe.
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manumission
n. Emancipation.
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hypnotic
adj. Tending to produce sleep.
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obesity
n. Excessive fatness.
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nettle
v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
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ardor
n. Intensity of passion or affection.
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finale
n. Concluding performance.
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pedagogy
n. The science and art of teaching
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convolution
n. A winding motion.
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decimal
adj. Founded on the number 10.
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uppermost
adj. First in order of precedence.
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nonentity
n. A person or thing of little or no account.
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anemic
adj. Affected with anemia.
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chameleon
adj. Changeable in appearance.
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slight
adj. Of a small importance or significance.
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dignitary
n. One who holds high rank.
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continuity
n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
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submerge
v. To place or plunge under water.
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bodice
n. A women’s ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
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implicit
adj. Implied.
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pentahedron
n. A solid bounded by five plane faces.
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Milky
Way n. The galaxy.
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assassin
n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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impend
v. To be imminent.
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ecstatic
adj. Enraptured.
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descent
n. The act of moving or going downward.
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oust
v. To eject.
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ramose
adj. Branch-like.
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occult
adj. Existing but not immediately perceptible.
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bequeath
v. To give by will.
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external
n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
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vitiate
v. To contaminate.
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vie
v. To contend.
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absence
n. The fact of not being present or available.
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malign
v. To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
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overlord
n. One who holds supremacy over another.
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esthetic
adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
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domesticity
n. Life in or fondness for one’s home and family.
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laureate
adj. Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.
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accessible
adj. Approachable.
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expectancy
n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
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philander
v. To play at courtship with a woman.
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umbrage
n. A sense of injury.
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microcosm
n. The world or universe on a small scale.
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carcass
n. The dead body of an animal.
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monarchy
n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
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lifetime
n. The time that life continues.
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diminution
n. Reduction.
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assuage
v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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conciliate
v. To obtain the friendship of.
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mendicant
n. A beggar.
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foresight
n. Provision against harm or need.
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venison
n. The flesh of deer.
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imbroglio
n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
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lacerate
v. To tear rudely or raggedly.
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iridescence
n. A many-colored appearance.
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exorcise
v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
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vale
n. Level or low land between hills.
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deflect
v. To cause to turn aside or downward.
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facile
adj. Not difficult to do.
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utilitarianism
n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
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inadvertent
adj. Accidental.
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redress
v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
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revoke
v. To rescind.
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non-resident
adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
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stifle
v. To smother.
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disyllable
n. A word of two syllables.
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enmity
n. Hatred.
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nominee
n. One who receives a nomination.
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transmissible
adj. That may e sent through or across.
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Nemesis
n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
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encamp
v. To pitch tents for a resting-place.
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epidermis
n. The outer skin.
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albino
n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
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academy
n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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pharmacopoeia
n. A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
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quite
adv. Fully.
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simultaneous
adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
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evangelist
n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
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travail
n. Hard or agonizing labor.
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matinee
n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
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philosophize
v. To seek ultimate causes and principles.
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amplitude
n. Largeness.
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bulbous
adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
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despair
n. Utter hopelessness and despondency.
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intrinsic
adj. Inherent.
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ubiquitous
adj. Being present everywhere.
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panic
n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
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chaos
n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
