deck4600 Flashcards
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unyoke
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v. To separate.
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iniquity
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n. Gross wrong or injustice.
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avow
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v. To declare openly.
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conversant
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adj. Thoroughly informed.
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paroxysm
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n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
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resurrection
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n. A return from death to life
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evanesce
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v. To vanish gradually.
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archaic
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adj. Antiquated
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furtive
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adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
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shriek
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n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
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accompany
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v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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prolific
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adj. Producing offspring or fruit.
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cognate
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adj. Akin.
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parliament
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n. A legislative body.
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osculate
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v. To kiss.
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conjugation
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n. The state or condition of being joined together.
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separatist
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n. A seceder.
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alienable
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adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.
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tranquility
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n. Calmness.
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amity
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n. Friendship.
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birthright
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n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
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heteromorphic
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adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
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promenade
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v. To walk for amusement or exercise.
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invective
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n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
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close-hauled
adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
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bewilder
v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
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testament
n. A will.
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appellation
n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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migratory
adj. Wandering.
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blaspheme
v. To indulge in profane oaths.
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postdate
v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
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glorious
adj. Of excellence and splendor.
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fugacious
adj. Fleeting.
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arcade
n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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incessant
adj. Unceasing.
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vapid
adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
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capacious
adj. Roomy.
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absorb
v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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denunciation
n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
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monastery
n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
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participant
n. One having a share or part.
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financier
n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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proportionate
adj. Being in proportion.
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litigate
v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.
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patrimony
n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one’s father.
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pertinent
adj. Relevant.
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metempsychosis
n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
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purl
v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
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relegate
v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.
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disparity
n. Inequality.
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recede
v. To move back or away.
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cabinet
n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
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sacrilegious
adj. Impious.
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procedure
n. A manner or method of acting.
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abhorrence
n. The act of detesting extremely.
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pledgeor
n. One who gives a pledge.
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rancor
n. Malice.
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peccable
adj. Capable of sinning.
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heptagon
n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
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renovate
v. To restore after deterioration, as a building.
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typographical
adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.
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hydromechanics
n. The mechanics of fluids.
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earthenware
n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
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conjugate
adj. Joined together in pairs.
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superficial
adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
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duplicity
n. Double-dealing.
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entomology
n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
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forecast
v. To predict.
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up-keep
n. Maintenance.
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inconsistent
adj. Contradictory.
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enthrall
v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
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enhance
v. To intensify.
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inconvenient
adj. Interfering with comfort or progress.
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decagon
n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
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polygamy
n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
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indignity
n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
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metronome
n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
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mausoleum
n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.
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discipline
v. To train to obedience.
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mantle
n. A cloak.
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bide
v. To await.
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troublesome
adj. Burdensome.
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sepulcher
n. A burial-place.
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topography
n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
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alternative
n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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ultimatum
n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
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archipelago
n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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efficacy
n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
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caret
n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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anterior
adj. Prior.
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caste
n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
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invalid
adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency.
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deject
v. To dishearten.
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prologue
n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
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obdurate
adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
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infrequence
n. Rareness.
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Jingo
n. One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.
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expedient
adj. Contributing to personal advantage.
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ascribe
v. To assign as a quality or attribute.
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magisterial
adj. Having an air of authority.
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lassie
n. A little lass.
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decipher
v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
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subsistence
n. Sustenance.
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queue
n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
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sprightly
adj. Vivacious.
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dispel
v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
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technic
adj. Technical.
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broach
v. To mention, for the first time.
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effectual
adj. Efficient.
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vendible
adj. Marketable.
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constituency
n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
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proffer
v. To offer to another for acceptance.
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salvage
n. Any act of saving property.
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cornice
n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
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pedigree
n. One’s line of ancestors.
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tolerant
adj. Indulgent.
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momentary
adj. Lasting but a short time.
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emancipate
v. To release from bondage.
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rapacious
adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
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treasonable
adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
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luscious
adj. Rich, sweet, and delicious.
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salutatory
n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
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discomfit
v. To put to confusion.
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modernize
v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
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trait
n. A distinguishing feature or quality.
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unfavorable
adj. Adverse.
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preordain
v. To foreordain.
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intercession
n. Entreaty in behalf of others.
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aerostat
n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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aloof
adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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dehydrate
v. To deprive of water.
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coronet
n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
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understate
v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
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rapt
adj. Enraptured.
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gynecocracy
n. Female supremacy.
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eloquent
adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
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crockery
n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
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acerbity
n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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palate
n. The roof of the mouth.
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innuendo
n. Insinuation.
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dissolute
adj. Lewd.
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likely
adj. Plausible.
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medicine
n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
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tyro
n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
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momentous
adj. Very significant.
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waistcoat
n. A vest.
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levity
n. Frivolity.
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variance
n. Change.
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imaginary
adj. Fancied.
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foreordination
n. Predestination.
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pneumatic
adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
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blazon
v. To make widely or generally known.
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littoral
adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
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fernery
n. A place in which ferns are grown.
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ingratitude
n. Insensibility to kindness.
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apostasy
n. A total departure from one’s faith or religion.
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awaken
v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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regenerate
v. To reproduce.
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dilatory
adj. Tending to cause delay.
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herbivorous
adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
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refragable
adj. Capable of being refuted.
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habitant
n. Dweller.
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pledgee
n. The person to whom anything is pledged.
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obsolescent
adj. Passing out of use, as a word.
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extravagance
n. Undue expenditure of money.
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demise
n. Death.
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occupant
n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
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immiscible
adj. Separating, as oil and water.
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frankincense
n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
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freethinker
n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
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litigious
adj. Quarrelsome.
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disown
v. To refuse to acknowledge as one’s own or as connected with oneself.
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corps
n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
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protector
n. A defender.
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execrable
adj. Abominable.
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barring
prep. Apart from.
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anticlimax
n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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bedlam
n. Madhouse.
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lactation
n. The secretion of milk.
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acreage
n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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domain
n. A sphere or field of action or interest.
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copious
adj. Plenteous.
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urgency
n. The pressure of necessity.
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delirious
adj. Raving.
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loot
v. To plunder.
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insufficiency
n. Inadequacy.
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philately
n. The study and collection of stamps.
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deform
v. To disfigure.
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dialectician
n. A logician.
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arrange
v. To put in definite or proper order.
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treble
adj. Multiplied by three.
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suggestive
adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection.
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consignee
n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
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distend
v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.
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perennial
adj. Continuing though the year or through many years.
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insulate
v. To place in a detached state or situation.
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amply
adv. Sufficiently.
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complacence
n. Satisfaction with one’s acts or surroundings.
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unbearable
adj. Unendurable.
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Antichrist
n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
