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inbred
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adj. Innate.
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orthogonal
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adj. Having or determined by right angles.
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outdo
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v. To surpass.
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lenient
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adj. Not harsh.
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venerate
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v. To cherish reverentially.
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truism
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n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
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tractable
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adj. Easily led or controlled.
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juggle
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v. To play tricks of sleight of hand.
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cosmopolitan
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adj. Common to all the world.
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intuition
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n. Instinctive knowledge or feeling.
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insatiable
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adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
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lyric
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adj. Fitted for expression in song.
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palette
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n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
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descry
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v. To discern.
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consonance
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n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
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intermittent
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adj. A temporary discontinuance.
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illusive
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adj. Deceptive.
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infuse
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v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
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inestimable
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adj. Above price.
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invaluable
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adj. Exceedingly precious.
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similitude
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n. Similarity.
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genealogy
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n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
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blatant
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adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
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lactic
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adj. Pertaining to milk.
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incipient
adj. Initial.
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et
cetera Latin. And so forth.
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lode
n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
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principle
n. A general truth or proposition.
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amalgam
n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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fanciless
adj. Unimaginative.
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foresail
n. A square sail.
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habitude
n. Customary relation or association.
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designate
v. To select or appoint, as by authority.
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gratuity
n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
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preponderant
adj. Prevalent.
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indigent
adj. Poor.
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brimstone
n. Sulfur.
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bursar
n. A treasurer.
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pseudapostle
n. A pretended or false apostle.
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tactician
n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
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animalcule
n. An animal of microscopic smallness.
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redundant
adj. Constituting an excess.
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atrocious
adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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essence
n. That which makes a thing to be what it is.
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bailiff
n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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pectoral
adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
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clumsy
adj. Awkward of movement.
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virtu
n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
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melodious
adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.
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irksome
adj. Wearisome.
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account
n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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sensitive
adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
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massive
adj. Of considerable bulk and weight.
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tenacious
adj. Unyielding.
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attorney-general
n. The chief law-officer of a government.
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harbinger
n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
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fortitude
n. Patient courage.
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gladden
v. To make joyous.
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incoherent
adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
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exhaust
v. To empty by draining off the contents.
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heinous
adj. Odiously sinful.
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cosmogony
n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
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employee
n. One who works for wages or a salary.
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personage
n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
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conservative
adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
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interpreter
n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.
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anteroom
n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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specious
adj. Plausible.
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valorous
adj. Courageous.
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transfer
v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
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diacritical
adj. Marking a difference.
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gossamer
adj. Flimsy.
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malefactor
n. One who injures another.
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necrosis
n. the death of part of the body.
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affront
n. An open insult or indignity.
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manor
n. The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
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misunderstand
v. To Take in a wrong sense.
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conservatism
n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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cynicism
n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
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linguistics
n. The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.
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equestrian
adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
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Renaissance
n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
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wretchedness
n. Extreme misery or unhappiness.
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reliant
adj. Having confidence.
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perquisite
n. Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
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verbatim
adv. Word for word.
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impudence
n. Insolent disrespect.
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arraign
v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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remunerate
v. To pay or pay for.
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protective
adj. Sheltering.
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ministry
n. A service.
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upturn
v. To throw into confusion.
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desert
v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
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stagnate
v. To become dull or inert.
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regale
v. To give unusual pleasure.
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myriad
n. A vast indefinite number.
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stupendous
adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
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propaganda
n. Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
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massacre
n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
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tentative
adj. Done as an experiment.
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stingy
adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
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mediocre
adj. Ordinary.
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dilapidated
pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
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leviathan
n. Any large animal, as a whale.
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muffle
v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
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inversion
n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.
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prominence
n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
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viscount
n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
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stagnant
adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
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butt
v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
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light-hearted
adj. Free from care.
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assessor
n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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officious
adj. Intermeddling with what is not one’s concern.
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paucity
n. Fewness.
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hibernal
adj. Pertaining to winter.
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sibilate
v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
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lieu
n. Stead.
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surmise
v. To conjecture.
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ailment
n. Slight sickness.
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discountenance
v. To look upon with disfavor.
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inveterate
adj. Habitual.
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commute
v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
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compression
n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
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scholarly
adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.
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astringent
adj. Harsh in disposition or character.
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vacate
v. To leave.
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loch
n. A lake.
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grandeur
n. The quality of being grand or admirably great.
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hoard
v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.
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continuance
n. Permanence.
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alacrity
n. Cheerful willingness.
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colleague
n. An associate in professional employment.
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introvert
v. To turn within.
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leniency
n. Forbearance.
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overpay
v. To pay or reward in excess.
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catholicity
n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.
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punitive
adj. Pertaining to punishment.
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disreputable
adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful.
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uproot
v. To eradicate.
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permeate
v. To pervade.
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retrogression
n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
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overdo
v. To overtax the strength of.
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astute
adj. Keen in discernment.
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insuppressible
adj. Incapable of being concealed.
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hazard
n. Risk.
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pulmonary
adj. Pertaining to the lungs.
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ruminate
v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
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altar
n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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protocol
n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
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crustaceous
adj. Having a crust-like shell.
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hostility
n. Enmity.
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maidenhood
n. Virginity.
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ecstasy
n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
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novice
n. A beginner in any business or occupation.
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monograph
n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
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regent
n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
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inane
adj. Silly.
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epithet
n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas”.
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underhanded
adj. Clandestinely carried on.
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vinery
n. A greenhouse for grapes.
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Pariah
n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
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luminous
adj. Giving or radiating light.
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theologian
n. A professor of divinity.
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repulse
n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
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vainglory
n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
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gibe
v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
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rankle
v. To produce irritation or festering.
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moonbeam
n. A ray of moonlight.
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oddity
n. An eccentricity.
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preengage
v. To preoccupy.
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granulate
v. To form into grains or small particles.
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alcove
n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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acrid
adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
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geology
n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.
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diversion
n. Pastime.
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material
n. That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
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maze
n. A labyrinth.
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filibuster
n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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antiphony
n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antipathize
v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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overstride
v. To step beyond.
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melodrama
n. A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
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bacterium
n. A microbe.
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procrastination
n. Delay.
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mercantile
adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.
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belittle
v. To disparage.
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countryman
n. A rustic.
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maleficent
adj. Mischievous.
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creed
n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
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obstinacy
n. Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one’s own way.
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cereal
adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
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ballad
n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
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laudatory
adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
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hemorrhage
n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
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adjuration
n. A vehement appeal.
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wherever
adv. In or at whatever place.
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regretful
adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.
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drastic
adj. Acting vigorously.
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obstruction
n. Hindrance.
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variegate
v. To mark with different shades or colors.
