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probity
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n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
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counting-house
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n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
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qualm
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n. A fit of nausea.
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urchin
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n. A roguish, mischievous boy.
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outride
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v. To ride faster than.
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intrepid
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adj. Fearless and bold.
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legacy
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n. A bequest.
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auxiliary
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n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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misanthropy
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n. Hatred of mankind.
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conscript
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v. To force into military service.
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mawkish
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adj. Sickening or insipid.
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extol
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v. To praise in the highest terms.
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eject
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v. To expel.
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quintet
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n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
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interpose
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v. To come between other things or persons.
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alias
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n. An assumed name.
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payee
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n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
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insignificant
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adj. Without importance, force, or influence.
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provident
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adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
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Bowdlerize
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v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
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enkindle
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v. To set on fire.
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domicile
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n. The place where one lives.
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modulate
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v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
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imperceptible
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adj. Indiscernible.
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lawgiver
n. A legislator.
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improvise
v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
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desistance
n. Cessation.
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arrival
n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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collective
adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
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foliage
n. Any growth of leaves.
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nauseate
v. To cause to loathe.
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bitterness
n. Acridity, as to the taste.
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indulgence
n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.
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writing
n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
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fiasco
n. A complete or humiliating failure.
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proficient
adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
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dutiful
adj. Obedient.
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facsimile
n. An exact copy or reproduction.
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disappoint
v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
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placate
v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
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autocracy
n. Absolute government.
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nomination
n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
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gratuitous
adj. Voluntarily.
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fulsome
adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
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abstain
v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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versatile
adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
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pediatrics
n. The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
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annex
v. To add or affix at the end.
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fallow
n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
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inexplicable
adj. Such as can not be made plain.
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dragoon
n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
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fluent
adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
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libel
n. Defamation.
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judgment
n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.
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islet
n. A little island.
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sluggard
n. A person habitually lazy or idle.
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bravado
n. An aggressive display of boldness.
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advisory
adj. Not mandatory.
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relinquish
v. To give up using or having.
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torturous
adj. Marked by extreme suffering.
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confidant
n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.
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divert
v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
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caustic
adj. Sarcastic and severe.
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vicarious
adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
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deteriorate
v. To grow worse.
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antipodes
n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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privateer
n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
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capillary
n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
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predecessor
n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
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colloquial
adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
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juncture
n. An articulation, joint, or seam.
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feudal
adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
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scuttle
v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
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aggrandize
v. To cause to appear greatly.
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dialect
n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
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lackadaisical
adj. Listless.
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requiem
n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
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timorous
adj. Lacking courage.
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necessity
n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
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electrolysis
n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
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conjecture
n. A guess.
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artless
adj. Ingenuous.
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preferment
n. Preference.
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haggard
adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
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exasperate
v. To excite great anger in.
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linear
adj. Of the nature of a line.
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unsophisticated
adj. Showing inexperience.
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consul
n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
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cajolery
n. Delusive speech.
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sordid
adj. Of degraded character or nature.
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irresistible
adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.
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parable
n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
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imbrue
v. To wet or moisten.
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almanac
n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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pestilence
n. A raging epidemic.
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sapid
adj. Affecting the sense of taste.
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spheroid
n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
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conservatory
n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
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truthful
adj. Veracious.
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unavoidable
adj. Inevitable.
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jugglery
n. The art or practice of sleight of hand.
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photometer
n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
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overtone
n. A harmonic.
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plutocracy
n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
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extremist
n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
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decapod
adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
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bureaucracy
n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
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absent-minded
adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
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console
v. To comfort.
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soliloquy
n. A monologue.
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seismograph
n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
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mundane
adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
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subjection
n. The act of bringing into a state of submission.
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abbot
n. The superior of a community of monks.
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moratorium
n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
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cornucopia
n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
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expatriate
v. To drive from one’s own country.
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proscenium
n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
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amenable
adj. Willing and ready to submit.
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decimate
v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
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verbiage
n. Use of many words without necessity.
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pentavalent
adj. Quinqeuvalent.
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Calvary
n. The place where Christ was crucified.
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landlord
n. A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.
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mandate
n. A command.
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metropolis
n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
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abnegate
v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
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radiate
v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
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florist
n. A dealer in flowers.
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subsequent
adj. Following in time.
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frantic
adj. Frenzied.
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bestial
adj. Animal.
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theology
n. The branch of theological science that treats of God.
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polemics
n. The art of controversy or disputation.
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crusade
n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
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originate
v. To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
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biennial
n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
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metropolitan
adj. Pertaining to a chief city.
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endurance
n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
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out-of-the-way
adj. Remotely situated.
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compliant
adj. Yielding.
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exhilarate
v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
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perform
v. To accomplish.
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nestling
adj. Recently hatched.
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accurate
adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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lithotype
n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.
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denomination
n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
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declarative
adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
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employer
n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
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noticeable
adj. Perceptible.
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bumper
n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
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epoch
n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.
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defiant
adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
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dyne
n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
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phonology
n. The science of human vocal sounds.
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repressible
adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control.
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antemeridian
adj. Before noon.
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inhibit
v. To hold back or in.
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precarious
adj. Perilous.
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usurp
v. To take possession of by force.
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leaflet
n. A little leaf or a booklet.
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dilemma
n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
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buttress
n. Any support or prop.
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inedible
adj. Not good for food.
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dispensation
n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
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moderator
n. The presiding officer of a meeting.
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fealty
n. Loyalty.
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species
n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
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felicitate
v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
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regality
n. Royalty.
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sparse
adj. Thinly diffused.
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execration
n. An accursed thing.
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conformation
n. General structure, form, or outline.
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bore
v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
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distill
v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
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icily
adv. Frigidly.
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interminable
adj. Having no limit or end.
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able-bodied
adj. Competent for physical service.
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intermit
v. To cause to cease temporarily.
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Pan-American
adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
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polygon
n. A figure having many angles.
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gamester
n. A gambler.
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beatify
v. To make supremely happy.
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redound
n. Rebound.
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hospitable
adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.
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literature
n. The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.
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recant
v. To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
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dissonant
adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
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sardonic
adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
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credulous
adj. Easily deceived.
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superlative
n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
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concussion
n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
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decoy
n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
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equilibrium
n. A state of balance.
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inevitable
adj. Unavoidable.
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dimly
adv. Obscurely.
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out-and-out
adv. Genuinely.
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rampant
adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
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misrule
v. To misgovern.
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masonry
n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
