deck400 Flashcards
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parlor
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n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
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microscope
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n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
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specie
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n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
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connive
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v. To be in collusion.
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exceed
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v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
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obvert
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v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
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ascetic
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adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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sibilant
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adj. Made with a hissing sound.
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possessive
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adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command.
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phonic
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adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound.
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browbeat
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v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
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preface
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n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
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laggard
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adj. Falling behind.
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truculence
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n. Ferocity.
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adamant
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n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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locative
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adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.
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mellifluous
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adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
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dissuasion
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n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
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choral
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adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
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christen
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v. To name in baptism.
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ameliorate
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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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batter
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n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
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trinity
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n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
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infusion
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n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
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postscript
n. Something added to a letter after the writer’s signature.
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upcast
n. A throwing upward.
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neglectful
adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission.
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contumacy
n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
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baritone
adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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charlatan
n. A quack.
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arbiter
n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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judicious
adj. Prudent.
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scythe
n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
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dogmatic
adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.
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Sol
n. The sun.
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neopaganism
n. A new or revived paganism.
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distrust
n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
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creamery
n. A butter-making establishment.
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beatitude
n. Any state of great happiness.
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composure
n. Calmness.
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interrogatory
n. A question or inquiry.
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reprobate
n. One abandoned to depravity and sin.
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decisive
ad. Conclusive.
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entwine
v. To interweave.
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intrusion
n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.
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reversion
n. A return to or toward some former state or condition.
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maharaja
n. A great Hindu prince.
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chastity
n. Sexual or moral purity.
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pinchers
n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
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lying
n. Untruthfulness.
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vulnerable
adj. Capable of receiving injuries.
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homogeneous
adj. Made up of similar parts or elements.
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sphericity
n. The state or condition of being a sphere.
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preestablish
v. To settle or arrange beforehand.
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scoundrel
n. A man without principle.
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calumny
n. Slander.
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undulous
adj. Resembling waves.
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protection
n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
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abstemious
adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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sisterhood
n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
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propellant
adj. Propelling.
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reinstate
v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
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stupor
n. Profound lethargy.
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officiate
v. To act as an officer or leader.
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rebut
v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
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recognizance
n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
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guileless
adj. Frank.
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arboreal
adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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forehead
n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
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defray
v. To make payment for.
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philanthropy
n. Active humanitarianism.
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ultimate
adj. Beyond which there is nothing else.
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appreciable
adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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further
adj. More distant or advanced.
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pagan
n. A worshiper of false gods.
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debatable
adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
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abundant
adj. Plentiful.
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distort
v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
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stealth
n. A concealed manner of acting.
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comprise
v. To consist of.
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approbation
n. Sanction.
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primitive
adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
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apparition
n. Ghost.
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divagation
n. Digression.
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jaundice
n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.
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tenet
n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
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transalpine
adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
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affectation
n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
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miter
n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
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aghast
adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
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cogent
adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
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engender
v. To produce.
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pedant
n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
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prevalence
n. Frequency.
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generalize
v. To draw general inferences.
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quadrate
v. To divide into quarters.
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forefather
n. An ancestor.
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wrangle
v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
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hiatus
n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
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introspect
v. To look into.
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imperil
v. To endanger.
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surfeit
v. To feed to fullness or to satiety.
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confide
v. To reveal in trust or confidence.
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submittal
n. The act of submitting.
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Elizabethan
adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
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scurrilous
adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar.
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infallible
adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
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obstetrics
n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
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illusory
adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.
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fondle
v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.
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distraught
adj. Bewildered.
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coincidence
n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
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tack
n. A small sharp-pointed nail.
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privy
adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
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allege
v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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inexorable
adj. Unrelenting.
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galvanism
n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
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replica
n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
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ponderous
adj. Unusually weighty or forcible.
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transience
n. Something that is of short duration.
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preponderate
v. To exceed in influence or power.
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egress
n. Any place of exit.
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wantonness
n. Recklessness.
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pertinacity
n. Unyielding adherence.
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prelacy
n. A system of church government.
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cantonment
n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
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antonym
n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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calculable
adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
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annotate
v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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Augustinian
adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
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portend
v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
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subconscious
adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.
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distrainor
n. One who subjects a person to distress.
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debonair
adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
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rigorous
adj. Uncompromising.
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reconsider
v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
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afterthought
n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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acumen
n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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vermin
n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
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henchman
n. A servile assistant and subordinate.
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archbishop
n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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mutilate
v. To disfigure.
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conceive
v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
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subacid
adj. Somewhat sharp or biting.
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baleful
adj. Malignant.
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ordination
n. A consecration to the ministry.
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statistician
n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
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taxidermy
n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
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contaminate
v. To pollute.
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Decameron
n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
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arrogant
adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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menagerie
n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.
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orgies
n. Wild or wanton revelry.
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pestilential
adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
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disappear
v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
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commissariat
n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
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impiety
n. Irreverence toward God.
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bauble
n. A trinket.
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foppery
n. Dandyism.
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tincture
n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
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unify
v. To cause to be one.
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reliquary
n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
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monosyllable
n. A word of one syllable.
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degeneracy
n. A becoming worse.
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ordnance
n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.
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microphone
n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
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Quixotic
adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
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regress
v. To return to a former place or condition.
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agile
adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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finality
n. The state or quality of being final or complete.
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extort
v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
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wreak
v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
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injunction
n. Mandate.
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photometry
n. The art of measuring the intensity of light.
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Sybarite
n. A luxurious person.
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dissension
n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.
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stiletto
n. A small dagger.
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abscess
n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
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instigator
n. One who incites to evil.
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conduit
n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
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onslaught
n. A violent onset.
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cataclysm
n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
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insular
adj. Pertaining to an island.
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denounce
v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
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trickery
n. Artifice.
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beseech
v. To implore.
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nectarine
n. A variety of the peach.
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aristocrat
n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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discrepant
adj. Opposite.
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mordacious
adj. Biting or giving to biting.
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interrogative
adj. Having the nature or form of a question.
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satiate
v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
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expect
v. To look forward to as certain or probable.
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populace
n. The common people.
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encourage
v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
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compulsion
n. Coercion.
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quietus
n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
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coronation
n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
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waive
v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
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sextet
n. A band of six singers or players.
