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proficiency
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n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
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rotund
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adj. Round from fullness or plumpness.
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preemption
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n. The right or act of purchasing before others.
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disquiet
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v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
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underling
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n. A subordinate.
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obsolete
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adj. No longer practiced or accepted.
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indomitable
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adj. Unconquerable.
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ground
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n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
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induct
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v. To bring in.
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entreaty
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n. An earnest request.
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autarchy
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n. Unrestricted power.
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morale
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n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
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repulsive
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adj. Grossly offensive.
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dedication
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n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
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fetus
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n. The young in the womb or in the egg.
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disciplinary
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adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
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mouthful
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n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
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pestilent
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adj. Having a malign influence or effect.
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invidious
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adj. Showing or feeling envy.
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gosling
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n. A young goose.
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concurrence
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n. Agreement.
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virulent
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adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
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invoke
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v. To call on for assistance or protection.
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corroborate
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v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
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determination
n. The act of deciding.
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apprehensible
adj. Capable of being conceived.
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bole
n. The trunk or body of a tree.
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mislay
v. To misplace.
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appertain
v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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pinnacle
n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
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depository
n. A place where anything is kept in safety.
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retouch
v. To modify the details of.
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abeyance
n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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paleontology
n. The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
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benign
adj. Good and kind of heart.
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accouter
v. To dress.
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perhaps
adv. Possibly.
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tutorship
n. The office of a guardian.
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aqueous
adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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mountainous
adj. Full of or abounding in mountains.
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promontory
n. A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
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tactics
n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
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temerity
n. Recklessness.
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microscopy
n. The art of examing objects with the microscope.
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competitor
n. A rival.
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lunar
adj. Pertaining to the moon.
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immoral
adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.
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access
n. A way of approach or entrance; passage.
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perspicacity
n. Acuteness or discernment.
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alleviate
v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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distemper
n. A disease or malady.
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aide-de-camp
n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
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plebeian
adj. Common.
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proclamation
n. Any announcement made in a public manner.
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aliment
n. That which nourishes.
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legitimate
adj. Having the sanction of law or established custom.
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depth
n. Deepness.
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immaculate
adj. Without spot or blemish.
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incident
n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
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cull
v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
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baton
n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
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forecourt
n. A court opening directly from the street.
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fusible
adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
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pastoral
adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
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replete
adj. Full to the uttermost.
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transverse
adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
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dissipate
v. To disperse or disappear.
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actionable
adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.
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dissentious
adj. Contentious.
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inveigh
v. To utter vehement censure or invective.
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witless
adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
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depreciate
v. To lessen the worth of.
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ruminant
adj. Chewing the cud.
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preferential
adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
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unctuous
adj. Oily.
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symphonious
adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
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achromatic
adj. Colorless,
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desperado
n. One without regard for law or life.
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irrefragable
adj. That can not be refuted or disproved.
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parallel
v. To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
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comparison
n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
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fluential
adj. Pertaining to streams.
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prowess
n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
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head
first adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
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lapse
n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
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ichthyic
adj. Fish-like.
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efface
v. To obliterate.
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stringency
n. Strictness.
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squalid
adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
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gumption
n. Common sense.
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delectation
n. Delight.
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importune
v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
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disagree
v. To be opposite in opinion.
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inundation
n. Flood.
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dishabille
n. Undress or negligent attire.
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octagon
n. A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
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foolery
n. Folly.
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lexicon
n. A dictionary.
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repel
v. To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.
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wittingly
adv. With knowledge and by design.
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Martian
adj. Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
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irrefrangible
adj. That can not be broken or violated.
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consignor
n. One who entrusts.
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recur
v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
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transplant
v. To remove and plant in another place.
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sinuous
adj. Curving in and out.
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dissolution
n. A breaking up of a union of persons.
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polyarchy
n. Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
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receivable
adj. Capable of being or fit to be received – often money.
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corpuscle
n. A minute particle of matter.
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huckster
n. One who retails small wares.
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interlude
n. An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.
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voluble
adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
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revisal
n. Revision.
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repartee
n. A ready, witty, or apt reply.
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Darwinism
n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
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fathom
n. A measure of length, 6 feet.
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streamlet
n. Rivulet.
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nasal
adj. Pertaining to the nose.
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disinfectant
n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
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comparable
adj. Fit to be compared.
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abase
v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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imitation
n. That which is made as a likeness or copy.
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erroneous
adj. Incorrect.
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sense
n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.
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coercion
n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
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votive
adj. Dedicated by a vow.
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penetration
n. Discernment.
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micrometer
n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
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corrosion
n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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misdeed
n. A wrong or improper act.
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sentinel
n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
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disparage
v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
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sapiential
adj. Possessing wisdom.
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restitution
n. Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.
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heredity
n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
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loiterer
n. One who consumes time idly.
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misbehave
v. To behave ill.
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preoccupation
n. The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
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hexapod
adj. Having six feet.
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magnitude
n. Importance.
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resuscitate
v. To restore from apparent death.
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maintain
v. To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.
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operative
adj. Active.
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carrion
n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
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delineate
v. To represent by sketch or diagram.
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doublet
n. One of a pair of like things.
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sebaceous
adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
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misrepresent
v. To give a wrong impression.
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Arthurian
adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
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humanitarian
n. A philanthropist.
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referrer
n. One who refers.
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boorish
adj. Rude.
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butte
n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
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emblazon
v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
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pseudonymity
n. The state or character of using a fictitious name.
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translucence
n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
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tripod
n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
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compunction
n. Remorseful feeling.
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delicacy
n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
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floe
n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
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venial
adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
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introversion
n. The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.
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solstice
n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
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unbridled
adj. Being without restraint.
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prediction
n. A prophecy.
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luminescent
adj. Showing increase of light.
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ascension
n. The act of rising.
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dominance
n. Ascendancy.
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foreknowledge
n. Prescience.
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eclipse
n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
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neo-Latin
n. Modernized Latin.
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detriment
n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
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dentifrice
n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
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misadventure
n. An unlucky accident.
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gauge
n. An instrument for measuring.
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pluperfect
adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
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pleasant
adj. Agreeable.
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memento
n. A souvenir.
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playwright
n. A maker of plays for the stage.
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nucleus
n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
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percolator
n. A filter.
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dissolve
v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
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inborn
adj. Implanted by nature.
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unnecessary
adj. Not essential under the circumstances.
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odorous
adj. Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
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cathode
n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
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man-eater
n. An animal that devours human beings.
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distinction
n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
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ally
n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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veracious
adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
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frivolity
n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
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thoroughfare
n. A public street or road.
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psychic
adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul.
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genesis
n. Creation.
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disclaim
v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
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dolor
n. Lamentation.
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forepeak
n. The extreme forward part of a ship’s hold, under the lowest deck.
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Narcissus
n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
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legitimacy
n. Accordance with law.
