deck200 Flashcards
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didactic
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adj. Pertaining to teaching.
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fortify
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v. To provide with defensive works.
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antispasmodic
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adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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metaphysical
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adj. Philosophical.
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inaccessible
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adj. Difficult of approach.
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pious
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adj. Religious.
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prohibitionist
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n. One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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illimitable
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adj. Boundless.
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distiller
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n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
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convoy
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n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
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cartridge
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n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
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protract
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v. To prolong.
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vocative
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adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
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unbelief
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n. Doubt.
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slothful
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adj. Lazy.
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pique
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v. To excite a slight degree of anger in.
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metaphor
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n. A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
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dismount
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v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
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preparatory
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adj. Having to do with what is preliminary.
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constable
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n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
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interdict
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n. Authoritative act of prohibition.
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influx
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n. Infusion.
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meddlesome
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adj. Interfering.
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convolve
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v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
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transatlantic
adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
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morbid
adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
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lifelike
adj. Realistic.
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liking
n. Fondness.
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oblong
adj. Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
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merciful
adj. Disposed to pity and forgive.
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Scriptural
adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.
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somber
adj. Gloomy.
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centimeter
n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.
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corroboration
n. Confirmation.
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principal
adj. Most important.
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denote
v. To designate by word or mark.
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bellicose
adj. Warlike.
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usury
n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
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penetrate
v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
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underworld
n. Hades.
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reminiscent
adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
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pertinacious
adj. Persistent or unyielding.
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adherence
n. Attachment.
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summary
n. An abstract.
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lough
n. A lake or loch.
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recurrent
adj. Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.
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pandemonium
n. A fiendish or riotous uproar.
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ancestry
n. One’s ancestors collectively.
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shrivel
v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
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hypothesis
n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.
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perfectible
adj. Capable of being made perfect.
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sanguineous
adj. Consisting of blood.
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estuary
n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
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grief
n. Sorrow.
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impertinence
n. Rudeness.
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burgher
n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
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obese
adj. Exceedingly fat.
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apostle
n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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sacrificial
adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
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depreciation
n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
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effete
adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
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exhaustible
adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
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parricide
n. The murder of a parent.
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tense
adj. Strained to stiffness.
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scribe
n. One who writes or is skilled in writing.
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olfactory
adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
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elusion
n. Evasion.
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coincident
adj. Taking place at the same time.
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kingship
n. Royal state.
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hydraulic
adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
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sacrilege
n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
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rebellious
adj. Insubordinate.
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taxation
n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
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misanthropic
adj. Hating mankind.
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preexist
v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
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synod
n. An ecclesiastical council.
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recognize
v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
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abstinence
n. Self denial.
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permutation
n. Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
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amputate
v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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physique
n. The physical structure or organization of a person.
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cower
v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
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rigmarole
n. Nonsense.
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sapient
adj. Possessing wisdom.
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vagrant
n. An idle wanderer.
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acme
n. The highest point, or summit.
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proceed
v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
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darkling
adv. Blindly.
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divertible
adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
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enigma
n. A riddle.
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volitive
adj. Exercising the will.
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staid
adj. Of a steady and sober character.
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incongruous
adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
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cholera
n. An acute epidemic disease.
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Hibernian
adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
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thearchy
n. Government by a supreme deity.
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hirsute
adj. Having a hairy covering.
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idolize
v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
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fete
n. A festival or feast.
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comprehensible
adj. Intelligible.
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tyranny
n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
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confinement
n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
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meditation
n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
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duckling
n. A young duck.
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economize
v. To spend sparingly.
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perseverance
n. A persistence in purpose and effort.
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neutral
adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
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pervasive
adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
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narrative
n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
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illumine
v. To make bright or clear.
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creak
n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
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Parisian
adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
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aggravation
n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
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complaisance
n. Politeness.
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assiduous
adj. Diligent.
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impeccable
adj. Blameless.
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militant
adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
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excitable
adj. Nervously high-strung.
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covert
adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
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tutelage
n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
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mirage
n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
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coagulant
adj. Producing coagulation.
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exert
v. To make an effort.
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subaquatic
adj. Being, formed, or operating under water.
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hideous
adj. Appalling.
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azure
n. The color of the sky.
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logic
n. The science of correct thinking.
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crystallize
v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
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wiry
adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.
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possessor
n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
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bravo
interj. Well done.
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theocrasy
n. The mixed worship of polytheism.
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generally
adv. Ordinarily.
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courtesy
n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
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disinterested
adj. Impartial.
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chasten
v. To purify by affliction.
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portent
n. Anything that indicates what is to happen.
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latency
n. The state of being dormant.
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excel
v. To be superior or distinguished.
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impugn
v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
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alder
n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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monitory
n. Admonition or warning.
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surcharge
n. An additional amount charged.
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supplementary
adj. Being an addition to.
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perversity
n. Wickedness.
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reform
n. Change for the better.
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advertiser
n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers.
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quartet
n. A composition for four voices or four instruments.
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entrails
n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
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frontier
n. The part of a nation’s territory that abuts upon another country.
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premier
adj. First in rank or position.
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outrage
n. A gross infringement of morality or decency.
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heterogeneity
n. Unlikeness of constituent parts.
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frizz
v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
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translator
n. An interpreter.
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canary
adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
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symphony
n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
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psychiatry
n. The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
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proviso
n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
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piecemeal
adv. Gradually.
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impermissible
adj. Not permissible.
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verification
n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
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perspective
n. The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
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expostulate
v. To discuss.
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commotion
n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
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baste
v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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gallant
adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
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culvert
n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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indigence
n. Poverty.
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immigrant
n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
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illiberal
adj. Stingy.
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icon
n. An image or likeness.
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rivulet
n. A small stream or brook.
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censor
n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
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petulant
adj. Displaying impatience.
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eventual
adj. Ultimate.
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opportunist
n. One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.
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stringent
adj. Rigid.
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stellar
adj. Pertaining to the stars.
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remembrance
n. Recollection.
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disregard
v. To take no notice of.
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bedaub
v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
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logician
n. An expert reasoner.
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subservient
adj. Servilely following another’s behests.
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proselyte
n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
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makeup
n. The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.
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inept
adj. Not fit or suitable.
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onrush
n. Onset.
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dastard
n. A base coward.
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omniscient
adj. Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
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decalogue
n. The ten commandments.
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beneficiary
n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
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aviary
n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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plenteous
adj. Abundant.
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mite
n. A very small amount, portion, or particle.
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malediction
n. The calling down of a curse or curses.
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estrange
v. To alienate.
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ambiguous
adj. Having a double meaning.
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termination
n. The act of ending or concluding.
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perspicuous
adj. Lucid.
