deck4200 Flashcards
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solder
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n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
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characteristic
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n. A distinctive feature.
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ordeal
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n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
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exodus
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n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.
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stimulant
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n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.
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cosmography
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n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
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reorganize
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v. To change to a more satisfactory form of organization.
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antecede
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v. To precede.
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onset
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n. An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.
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hydrometer
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n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
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riddance
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n. The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.
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dissuade
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v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
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intelligence
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n. Capacity to know or understand.
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grapple
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v. To take hold of.
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seethe
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v. To be violently excited or agitated.
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globular
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adj. Spherical.
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metric
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adj. Relating to measurement.
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guzzle
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v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.
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carouse
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v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
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mallet
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n. A wooden hammer.
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hydroelectric
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adj. Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.
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providential
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adj. Effected by divine guidance.
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contingent
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adj. Not predictable.
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ruffian
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adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
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inexperience
n. Lack of or deficiency in experience.
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supplant
v. To take the place of.
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embellish
v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
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abject
adj. Sunk to a low condition.
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impunity
n. Freedom from punishment.
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turgid
adj. Swollen.
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derivative
adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.
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mead
n. A meadow.
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jocular
adj. Inclined to joke.
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vegetate
v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
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abjure
v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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sterling
adj. Genuine.
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pristine
adj. Primitive.
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correlate
v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
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component
n. A constituent element or part.
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immortalize
v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.
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virulence
n. Extreme poisonousness.
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perspiration
n. Sweat.
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indolent
adj. Habitually inactive or idle.
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phenomenal
adj. Extraordinary or marvelous.
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buffoon
n. A clown.
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crag
n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
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pedal
n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
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oscillate
v. To swing back and forth.
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commingle
v. To blend.
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violoncello
n. A stringed instrument held between the player’s knees.
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converge
v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
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floral
adj. Pertaining to flowers.
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forethought
n. Premeditation.
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solace
n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
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velvety
adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
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oblivion
n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
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soluble
adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
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declamation
n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
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molt
v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
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soprano
n. A woman’s or boy’s voice of high range.
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grenadier
n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
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appall
v. To fill with dismay or horror.
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rein
n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
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rebuild
v. To build again or anew.
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inherent
adj. Intrinsic.
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antic
n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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sanguine
adj. Having the color of blood.
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nugatory
adj. Having no power or force.
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triad
n. A group of three persons of things.
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herbarium
n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.
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weal
n. Well-being.
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therefor
adv. For that or this.
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paternity
n. Fatherhood.
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descendent
adj. Proceeding downward.
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tangible
adj. Perceptible by touch.
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voluptuous
adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
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intestate
adj. Not having made a valid will.
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orate
v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
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tableau
n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
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benison
n. Blessing.
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ornate
adj. Ornamented to a marked degree.
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guise
n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
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precaution
n. A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
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germinate
v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
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prosody
n. The science of poetical forms.
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lowly
adv. Rudely.
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brae
n. Hillside.
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pungent
adj. Affecting the sense of smell.
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prohibitory
adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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scribble
n. Hasty, careless writing.
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protagonist
n. A leader in any enterprise or contest.
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devout
adj. Religious.
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sediment
n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
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aggregate
n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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acknowledge
v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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semicivilized
adj. Half-civilized.
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opposite
adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
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fissure
n. A crack or crack-like depression.
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servitude
n. Slavery.
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observance
n. A traditional form or customary act.
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epitome
n. A simplified representation.
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messieurs
n. pl. Gentlemen.
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invasion
n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
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territorial
adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
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consulate
n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
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auricular
adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
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underrate
v. To undervalue.
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pugnacious
adj. Quarrelsome.
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beset
v. To attack on all sides.
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liege
adj. Sovereign.
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armada
n. A fleet of war-vessels.
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abscission
n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
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impolitic
adj. Inexpedient.
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ache
v. To be in pain or distress.
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curable
adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
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overproduction
n. Excessive production.
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complex
adj. Complicated.
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analyst
n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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cession
n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
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decorous
adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
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keepsake
n. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.
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persecution
n. Harsh or malignant oppression.
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premise
n. A judgment as a conclusion.
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pauperism
n. Dependence on charity.
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dexterity
n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
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gaiety
n. Festivity.
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monologue
n. A story or drama told or performed by one person.
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dwindle
v. To diminish or become less.
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vegetarian
n. One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable.
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hosiery
n. A stocking.
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folio
n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
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onus
n. A burden or responsibility.
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brittle
adj. Fragile.
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preempt
v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
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psychotherapy
n. The treatment of mental disease.
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tinge
n. A faint trace of color.
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eatable
adj. Edible.
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languid
adj. Relaxed.
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impulsion
n. Impetus.
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plural
adj. Containing or consisting of more than one.
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impliable
adj. Capable of being inferred.
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incidence
n. Casual occurrence.
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euphemism
n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
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prototype
n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
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absurd
adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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bevel
n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
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inviolable
adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed.
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inmost
adj. Deepest within.
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devise
v. To invent.
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vivify
v. To endue with life.
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decorate
v. To embellish.
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bedeck
v. To cover with ornament.
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perverse
adj. Unreasonable.
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influence
n. Ability to sway the will of another.
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indiscreet
adj. Lacking wise judgment.
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trivial
adj. Of little importance or value.
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alcoholism
n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
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obnoxious
adj. Detestable.
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confidence
n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
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demeanor
n. Deportment.
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free
trade n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
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intercept
v. To interrupt the course of.
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inland
adj. Remote from the sea.
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artifice
n. Trickery.
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syndicate
n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
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sorcery
n. Witchcraft.
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countercharge
v. To accuse in return.
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admonish
v. To warn of a fault.
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inhuman
adj. Savage.
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dissect
v. To cut apart or to pieces.
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expedite
v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
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warlike
adj. Belligerent.
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brokerage
n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
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counterfeit
adj. Made to resemble something else.
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bombardier
n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
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personnel
n. The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
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perpetuate
v. To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
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fulminate
v. To cause to explode.
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beneficent
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
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audition
n. The act or sensation of hearing.
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low-spirited
adj. Despondent.
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outlive
v. To continue to exist after.
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professor
n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
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sergeant
n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.
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brigade
n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
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fastidious
adj. Hard to please.
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sufficiency
n. An ample or adequate supply.
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brigadier
n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
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default
n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
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righteousness
n. Rectitude.
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sonorous
adj. Resonant.
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complement
v. To make complete.
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constituent
n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
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egoist
n. One who advocates or practices egoism.
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homophone
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
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hygiene
n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
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interlocutor
n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.
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entree
n. The act of entering.
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ennoble
v. To dignify.
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gnash
v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
