deck1800 Flashcards
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illicit
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adj. Unlawful.
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collide
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v. To meet and strike violently.
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trident
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n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
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sinus
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n. An opening or cavity.
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continence
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n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
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visual
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adj. Perceptible by sight.
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transfusible
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adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
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philosophy
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n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
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tortious
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adj. Wrongful.
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prevaricate
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v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
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bleak
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adj. Desolate.
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paronymous
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adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word.
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intercessor
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n. A mediator.
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anatomy
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n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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misplace
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v. To put into a wrong place.
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philanthropist
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n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men.
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fallible
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adj. Capable of erring.
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profession
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n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
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obsequies
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n. Funeral rites.
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infamous
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adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
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caucus
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n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
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whine
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v. To utter with complaining tone.
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trebly
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adv. Triply.
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irradiate
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v. To render clear and intelligible.
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instructive
adj. Conveying knowledge.
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propagate
v. To spread abroad or from person to person.
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intramural
adj. Situated within the walls of a city.
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indigestible
adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
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awry
adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
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susceptibility
n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
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illuminant
n. That which may be used to produce light.
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havoc
n. Devastation.
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reluctant
adj. Unwilling.
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vaccinate
v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
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betrothal
n. Engagement to marry.
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superannuate
v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
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buffoonery
n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
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indulgent
adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one’s care.
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wry
adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right.
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occlude
v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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initiate
v. To perform the first act or rite.
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inconsequential
adj. Valueless.
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retrieve
v. To recover something by searching.
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ceremonial
adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
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orthodoxy
n. Acceptance of the common faith.
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faun
n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
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diplomatic
adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
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unspeakable
adj. Abominable.
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coalition
n. Combination in a body or mass.
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cohere
v. To stick together.
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beget
v. To produce by sexual generation.
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arrant
adj. Notoriously bad.
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ashen
adj. Pale.
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colossus
n. Any strikingly great person or object.
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adjacent
n. That which is near or bordering upon.
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impair
v. To cause to become less or worse.
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energetic
adj. Working vigorously.
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shiftless
adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.
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immune
adj. Exempt, as from disease.
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beau
n. An escort or lover.
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dramatize
v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
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turpitude
n. Depravity.
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debase
v. To lower in character or virtue.
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discriminate
v. To draw a distinction.
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liquidate
v. To deliver the amount or value of.
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formation
n. Relative disposition of parts.
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obsolescence
n. The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
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maroon
v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
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eccentric
adj. Peculiar.
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valedictory
n. A parting address.
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analogous
adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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optician
n. One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.
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prurient
adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
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disarrange
v. To throw out of order.
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itinerant
adj. Wandering.
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octogenarian
adj. A person of between eighty and ninety years.
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piccolo
n. A small flute.
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exempt
adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.
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percolate
v. To filter.
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demerit
n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.
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legislate
v. To make or enact a law or laws.
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fervent
adj. Ardent in feeling.
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arbitrate
v. To act or give judgment as umpire.
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mystic
n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
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formula
n. Fixed rule or set form.
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systematic
adj. Methodical.
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freemason
n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
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personality
n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
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metal
n. An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.
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rotary
adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
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overdose
n. An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.
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maxim
n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
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sagacious
adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
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vista
n. A view or prospect.
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forby
adv. Besides.
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propulsion
n. A driving onward or forward.
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incombustible
adj. That can not be burned.
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preferable
adj. More desirable than others.
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claimant
n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
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interrogate
v. To examine formally by questioning.
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supine
adj. Lying on the back.
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Epicurean
adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
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trammel
n. An impediment.
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cite
v. To refer to specifically.
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candor
n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
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bibliophile
n. One who loves books.
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exhaustion
n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
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consternation
n. Panic.
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alienation
n. Estrangement.
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pervasion
n. The state of spreading through every part.
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devilry
n. Malicious mischief.
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gluttonous
adj. Given to excess in eating.
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vitality
n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
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enormity
n. Immensity.
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mannerism
n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
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tilth
n. Cultivation.
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rightful
adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
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navel
n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
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expiate
v. To make satisfaction or amends for.
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berth
n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
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eschew
v. To keep clear of.
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globose
adj. Spherical.
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zeitgeist
n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
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adulterate
v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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enfeeble
v. To debilitate.
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formidable
adj. Difficult to accomplish.
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dendroid
adj. Like a tree.
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perceive
v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
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incapacity
n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
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rendition
n. Interpretation.
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courageous
adj. Brave.
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motto
n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
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accost
v. To speak to.
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disavow
v. To disclaim responsibility for.
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averse
adj. Reluctant.
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antiseptic
n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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original
adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation.
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ineligible
adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
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efficient
adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
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precipitant
adj. Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
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discussion
n. Debate.
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cudgel
n. A short thick stick used as a club.
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potent
adj. Physically powerful.
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congeal
v. To coagulate.
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felon
n. A criminal or depraved person.
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unisonant
adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
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ministration
n. Any religious ceremonial.
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acknowledgment
n. Recognition.
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gusto
n. Keen enjoyment.
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niggardly
adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
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pincers
n. An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
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cataract
n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
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hysteria
n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
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incoercible
adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
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aforesaid
adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
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consummate
v. To bring to completion.
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telescope
v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
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accommodate
v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor.
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fanatic
n. A religious zealot.
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dilute
v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
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extremity
n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
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autocrat
n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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advent
n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.
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outweigh
v. To surpass in importance or excellence.
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gravity
n. Seriousness.
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competence
n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
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intricate
adj. Difficult to follow or understand.
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sidelong
adj. Inclining or tending to one side.
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effeminacy
n. Womanishness.
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frigidarium
n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
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acrimony
n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
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moderation
n. Temperance.
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sociable
adj. Inclined to seek company.
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committal
n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
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exigent
adj. Urgent.
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indict
v. To find and declare chargeable with crime.
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coercive
adj. Serving or tending to force.
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juror
n. One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.
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intricacy
n. Perplexity.
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monetary
adj. Financial.
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vagabond
n. A wanderer.
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belligerent
adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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swarthy
adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
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carnivorous
adj. Eating or living on flesh.
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congenial
adj. Having kindred character or tastes.
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pennant
n. A small flag.
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orthodox
adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith.
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overshadow
v. To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.
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subterfuge
n. Evasion.
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elasticity
n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
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excerpt
n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
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scope
n. A range of action or view.
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alabaster
n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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aggrieve
v. To give grief or sorrow to.
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venereal
adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
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poetics
n. The rules and principles of poetry.
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ingraft
v. To set or implant deeply and firmly.
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off
adj. Farther or more distant.
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salvo
n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
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eradicate
v. To destroy thoroughly.
