deck2800 Flashcards
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facial
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adj. Pertaining to the face.
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millet
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n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
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contrite
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adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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martyrdom
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n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
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beneficial
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adj. Helpful.
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quibble
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n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
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termagant
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adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
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clearance
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n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
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aspirant
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n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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ensnare
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v. To entrap.
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evince
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v. To make manifest or evident.
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precise
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adj. Exact.
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privity
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n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
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importunate
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adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand.
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thereabout
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adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
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vogue
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n. The prevalent way or fashion.
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verbose
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adj. Wordy.
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frailty
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n. Liability to be broken or destroyed.
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pyre
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n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
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rupture
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v. To separate the parts of by violence.
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belie
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v. To misrepresent.
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weak-kneed
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adj. Without resolute purpose or energy.
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eulogize
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v. To speak or write a laudation of a person’s life or character.
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consanguineous
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adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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effervescent
adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.
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antidote
n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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virtual
adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
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festive
adj. Merry.
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prescience
n. Knowledge of events before they take place.
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embody
v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
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abdominal
n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
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finesse
n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
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paragon
n. A model of excellence.
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plausible
adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
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demonstrate
v. To prove indubitably.
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prattle
v. To utter in simple or childish talk.
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tercentenary
adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
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plea
n. An argument to obtain some desired action.
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ridicule
n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
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egotism
n. Self-conceit.
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outright
adv. Entirely.
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unaffected
adj. Sincere.
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existence
n. Possession or continuance of being.
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corpulent
adj. Obese.
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conduce
v. To bring about.
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reimburse
v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.
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anachronism
n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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degrade
v. To take away honors or position from.
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hydrous
adj. Watery.
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legalize
v. To give the authority of law to.
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peripatetic
adj. Walking about.
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squatter
n. One who settles on land without permission or right.
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suggestible
adj. That can be suggested.
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belle
n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
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impecunious
adj. Having no money.
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dejection
n. Melancholy.
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odium
n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
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seduce
v. To entice to surrender chastity.
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tyrannical
adj. Despotic.
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monogram
n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
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impassible
adj. Not moved or affected by feeling.
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kind-hearted
adj. Having a kind and sympathetic nature.
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competitive
adj. characterized by rivalry.
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nihilist
n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
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remonstrance
n. Reproof.
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kilometer
n. A length of 1,000 meters.
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endear
v. To cause to be loved.
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judicial
adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice.
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botanize
v. To study plant-life.
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cacophony
n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
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version
n. A description or report of something as modified by one’s character or opinion.
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redolence
n. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
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alter
v. To make change in.
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curtail
v. To cut off or cut short.
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cohesion
n. Consistency.
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abed
adv. In bed; on a bed.
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skepticism
n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
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incarcerate
v. To imprison.
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admittance
n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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secession
n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.
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manliness
n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
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reproduce
v. To make a copy of.
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besmear
v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
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ambidextrous
adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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junta
n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.
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enrapture
v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.
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vendition
n. The act of selling.
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retention
n. The keeping of a thing within one’s power or possession.
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redundance
n. Excess.
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drainage
n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
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machinist
n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
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perfumery
n. The preparation of perfumes.
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prima
adj. First.
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stagnation
n. The condition of not flowing or not changing.
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brethren
n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
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drudgery
n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
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distention
n. Expansion.
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scintilla
n. The faintest ray.
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diaphanous
adj. Transparent.
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depression
n. A falling of the spirits.
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irritancy
n. The quality of producing vexation.
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lithograph
n. A print made by printing from stone.
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cryptogram
n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
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obelisk
n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.
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contiguous
adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
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auditory
adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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anthracite
n. Hard coal.
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option
n. The right, power, or liberty of choosing.
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siege
n. A beleaguerment.
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opprobrium
n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
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offhand
adv. Without preparation.
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exorbitance
n. Extravagance or enormity.
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habitual
adj. According to usual practice.
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labyrinth
n. A maze.
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negligible
adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
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superheat
v. To heat to excess.
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decagram
n. A weight of 10 grams.
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stimulate
v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
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pamphlet
n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
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embargo
n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
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underman
v. To equip with less than the full complement of men.
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skiff
n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
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abrogate
v. To abolish, repeal.
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empower
v. To delegate authority to.
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whimsical
adj. Capricious.
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aye
adv. An expression of assent.
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defamation
n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
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catastrophe
n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
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diphthong
n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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pentathlon
n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
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utmost
n. The greatest possible extent.
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enamor
v. To inspire with ardent love.
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gregarious
adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
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realism
n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
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inquire
v. To ask information about.
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expand
v. To increase in range or scope.
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corrigible
adj. Capable of reformation.
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pentad
n. The number five.
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alkali
n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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deportment
n. Demeanor.
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rectify
v. To correct.
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aperture
n. Hole.
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unanimity
n. The state or quality of being of one mind.
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delectable
adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
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unbiased
adj. Impartial, as judgment.
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physics
n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
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extraneous
adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.
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chastise
v. To subject to punitive measures.
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consumptive
adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
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permanent
adj. Durable.
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hardihood
n. Foolish daring.
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evasion
n. Escape.
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bestride
v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
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repertory
n. A place where things are stored or gathered together.
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infinite
adj. Measureless.
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impervious
adj. Impenetrable.
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derision
n. Ridicule.
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intervene
v. To interfere for some end.
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advocate
n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
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indicator
n. One who or that which points out.
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autobiography
n. The story of one’s life written by himself.
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furlong
n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
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facet
n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
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callosity
n. The state of being hard and insensible.
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doe
n. The female of the deer.
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emit
v. To send or give out.
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divulgence
n. A divulging.
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panegyric
n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
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investigator
n. One who investigates.
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equanimity
n. Evenness of mind or temper.
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observant
adj. Quick to notice.
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vicissitude
n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
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juvenile
adj. Characteristic of youth.
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diffusible
adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
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overeat
v. To eat to excess.
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conscience
n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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impious
adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
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blemish
n. A mark that mars beauty.
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lingo
n. Language.
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perusal
n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
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expanse
n. A continuous area or stretch.
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statuesque
adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
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medial
adj. Of or pertaining to the middle.
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humbug
n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
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transact
v. To do business.
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viceroy
n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
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profile
n. An outline or contour.
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apposite
adj. Appropriate.
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migrate
v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
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epode
n. A species of lyric poems.
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pontiff
n. The Pope.
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sensuous
adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
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tempt
v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
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complicate
v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
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demurrage
n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
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submersion
n. The act of submerging.
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preeminence
n. Special eminence.
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morphology
n. the science of organic forms.
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powerless
adj. Impotent.
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hydra
n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.
