deck3600 Flashcards
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finery
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n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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perception
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n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
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freshness
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n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
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inexhaustible
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adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
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transient
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n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
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contradiction
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n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
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nevertheless
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conj. Notwithstanding.
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germane
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adj. Relevant.
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perceptible
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adj. Cognizable.
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primer
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n. An elementary reading-book for children.
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disobedient
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adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
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vincible
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adj. Conquerable.
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obliterate
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v. To cause to disappear.
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demonstrative
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adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
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facetious
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adj. Amusing.
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inadvisable
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adj. Unadvisable.
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generosity
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n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
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enact
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v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
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encyclical
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adj. Intended for general circulation.
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metaphysics
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n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
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prospector
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n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
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retinue
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n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
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sensibility
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n. Power to perceive or feel.
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elude
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v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
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clemency
n. Mercy.
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efflorescent
adj. Opening in flower.
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emblem
n. A symbol.
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corruption
n. Loss of purity or integrity.
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disburse
v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
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brogue
n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
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enlist
v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
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orator
n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
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malleable
adj. Pliant.
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bemoan
v. To lament
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ghastly
adj. Hideous.
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posse
n. A force of men.
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paralyze
v. To deprive of the power to act.
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strait
n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
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nostrum
n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
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repugnant
adj. Offensive to taste and feeling.
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vulgarity
n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
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whereupon
adv. After which.
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imperturbable
adj. Calm.
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cipher
v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
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came
n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
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spinster
n. A woman who has never been married.
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recoil
v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
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adherent
adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
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excursion
n. A journey.
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resurgent
adj. Surging back or again.
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matrix
n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
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mythology
n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
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pandemic
adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
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discomfort
n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
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diagnosis
n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
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contagion
n. The communication of disease from person to person.
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incapacitate
v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
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tacit
adj. Understood.
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alchemy
n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
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ebullient
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
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nominate
v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
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confront
v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
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obligate
v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
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abut
v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
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undergarment
n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
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pantoscope
n. A very wide-angled photographic lens.
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casualty
n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
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actuate
v. To move or incite to action.
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benignity
n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
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lifelong
adj. Lasting or continuous through life.
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negligent
adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done.
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vivacity
n. Liveliness.
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congregate
v. To bring together into a crowd.
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amorphous
adj. Without determinate shape.
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possession
n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command.
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immerse
v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
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outskirt
n. A border region.
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absolution
n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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allude
v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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unlawful
adj. Illegal.
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impersonal
adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing.
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lingual
adj. Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance.
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deciduous
adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
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desultory
adj. Not connected with what precedes.
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futurist
n. A person of expectant temperament.
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covenant
n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
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juicy
adj. Succulent.
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olive-branch
n. A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.
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masquerade
n. A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
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parity
n. Equality, as of condition or rank.
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ostracism
n. Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.
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blaze
n. A vivid glowing flame.
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unction
n. The art of anointing as with oil.
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kiln
n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.
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peninsular
adj. Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
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forecastle
n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
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wherewith
n. The necessary means or resources.
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fallacious
adj. Illogical.
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prehensile
adj. Adapted for grasping or holding.
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sequacious
adj. Ready to be led.
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reflexible
adj. Capable of being reflected.
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miniature
adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
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disseminate
v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
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scrupulous
adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.
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extension
n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
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semicircle
n. A half-circle.
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pioneer
n. One among the first to explore a country.
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insinuate
v. To imply.
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assets
n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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condensation
n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
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hereditary
adj. Passing naturally from parent to child.
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Spartan
adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
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ravenous
adj. Furiously voracious or hungry.
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natal
adj. Pertaining to one’s birth.
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municipal
adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
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nomad
adj. Having no fixed abode.
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adjudge
v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
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operate
v. To put in action and supervise the working of.
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reminiscence
n. The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
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monopoly
n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
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foreman
n. The head man.
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excusable
adj. Justifiable.
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similar
adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
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discredit
v. To injure the reputation of.
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authenticity
n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
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enthusiastic
adj. Full of zeal and fervor.
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domineer
v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
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circumference
n. The boundary-line of a circle.
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acquaintance
n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.
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reciprocity
n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
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bolster
v. To support, as something wrong.
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adhesion
n. The state of being attached or joined.
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precession
n. The act of going forward.
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seize
v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
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epilogue
n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
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incontrovertible
adj. Indisputable.
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horde
n. A gathered multitude of human beings.
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transposition
n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
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sublingual
adj. Situated beneath the tongue.
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monstrosity
n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
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lucrative
adj. Highly profitable.
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diligence
n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
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mesmerize
v. To hypnotize.
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man-trap
n. A place or structure dangerous to human life.
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operator
n. One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.
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supposition
n. Conjecture.
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caitiff
adj. Cowardly.
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criterion
n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
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microscopic
adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
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breech
n. The buttocks.
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fraternal
adj. Brotherly.
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Antarctic
adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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exclusion
n. Non-admission.
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impalpable
adj. Imperceptible to the touch.
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transferee
n. The person to whom a transfer is made.
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pillage
n. Open robbery, as in war.
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zephyr
n. Any soft, gentle wind.
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seclude
v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
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ready
adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.
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glazier
n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
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incandescent
adj. White or glowing with heat.
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exit
n. A way or passage out.
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contingency
n. Possibility of happening.
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cohesive
adj. Having the property of consistency.
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effective
adj. Fit for a destined purpose.
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deformity
n. A disfigurement.
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allay
v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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exclude
v. To shut out purposely or forcibly.
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exhaustive
adj. Thorough and complete in execution.
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obsequious
adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
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chasm
n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth’s surface.
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lune
n. The moon.
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antechamber
n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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alderman
n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
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invincible
adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
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rife
adj. Abundant.
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repeal
v. To render of no further effect.
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ceremonious
adj. Observant of ritual.
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luxuriant
adj. Abundant or superabundant in growth.
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matricide
n. The killing, especially the murdering, of one’s mother.
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erudition
n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
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stallion
n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
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discard
v. To reject.
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conformance
n. The act or state or conforming.
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fief
n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
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sequestrate
v. To confiscate.
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journalize
v. To keep a diary.
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epigram
n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
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faulty
adj. Imperfect.
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presentient
adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
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Protestant
n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
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embolism
n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
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retrospect
n. A view or contemplation of something past.
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levy
v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force.
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inscribe
v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.
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proletarian
n. A person of the lowest or poorest class.
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juxtapose
v. To place close together.
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disinfect
v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
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susceptible
adj. Easily under a specified power or influence.
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discernible
adj. Perceivable.
