deck500 Flashcards
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vicarious
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adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
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redundance
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n. Excess.
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fawn
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n. A young deer.
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importation
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n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
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cognate
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adj. Akin.
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orgies
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n. Wild or wanton revelry.
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giddy
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adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
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idiosyncrasy
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n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
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seismograph
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n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
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norm
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n. A model.
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egotism
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n. Self-conceit.
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radical
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n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
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inlet
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n. A small body of water leading into a larger.
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finally
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adv. At last.
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transcontinental
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adj. Extending or passing across a continent.
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parish
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n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
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conquer
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v. To overcome by force.
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underman
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v. To equip with less than the full complement of men.
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incendiary
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n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.
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demented
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adj. Insane.
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outreach
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v. To reach or go beyond.
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enfeeble
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v. To debilitate.
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insentient
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adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
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illegitimate
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adj. Unlawfully begotten.
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migrate
v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
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gradation
n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
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decimate
v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
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kilometer
n. A length of 1,000 meters.
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capitulate
v. To surrender or stipulate terms.
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academy
n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.
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epiphany
n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
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advert
v. To refer incidentally.
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comprehension
n. Ability to know.
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pentavalent
adj. Quinqeuvalent.
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pall
v. To make dull by satiety.
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reprieve
v. To grant a respite from punishment to.
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inopportune
adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
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magnitude
n. Importance.
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feint
n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
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prelude
n. An introductory or opening performance.
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lapse
n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
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trio
n. Three things grouped or associated together.
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kilowatt
n. One thousand watts.
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acquit
v. To free or clear, as from accusation.
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hypercritical
adj. Faultfinding.
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cryptogram
n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
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disobedience
n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
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boorish
adj. Rude.
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statute
n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
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expedite
v. To hasten the movement or progress of.
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improvise
v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
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postgraduate
adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
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mercantile
adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.
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languor
n. Lassitude of body or depression.
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efflorescent
adj. Opening in flower.
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interrogate
v. To examine formally by questioning.
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poignant
adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
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pennant
n. A small flag.
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belay
v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
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raucous
adj. Harsh.
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lieu
n. Stead.
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gourmand
n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
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disclaim
v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
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misty
adj. Lacking clearness
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preparatory
adj. Having to do with what is preliminary.
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advisory
adj. Not mandatory.
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aspirant
n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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tentative
adj. Done as an experiment.
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vehement
adj. Very eager or urgent.
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sarcophagus
n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
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likelihood
n. A probability.
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recognizance
n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
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castigate
v. To punish.
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orator
n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
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accredit
v. To give credit or authority to.
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prowess
n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
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fluctuate
v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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convalescent
adj. Recovering health after sickness.
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corruption
n. Loss of purity or integrity.
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enthrone
v. To invest with sovereign power.
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transmute
v. To change in nature, substance, or form.
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broach
v. To mention, for the first time.
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antecede
v. To precede.
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bristle
n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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punctual
adj. Observant and exact in points of time.
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momentum
n. An impetus.
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bier
n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
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continuous
adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
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dissatisfy
v. To displease.
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savage
n. A wild and uncivilized human being.
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testament
n. A will.
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protomartyr
n. The earliest victim in any cause.
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Elizabethan
adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
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diffident
adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
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philology
n. The study of language in connection with history and literature.
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suspense
n. Uncertainty.
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excusable
adj. Justifiable.
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disrobe
v. To unclothe.
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forthright
adv. With directness.
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sphericity
n. The state or condition of being a sphere.
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slight
adj. Of a small importance or significance.
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culvert
n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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revert
v. To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.
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nondescript
adj. Indescribable.
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annuity
n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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paramour
n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
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contemptible
adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
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disquiet
v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
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needy
adj. Being in need, want, or poverty.
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grantee
n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
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impeccable
adj. Blameless.
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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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malleable
adj. Pliant.
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irradiate
v. To render clear and intelligible.
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creak
n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
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medley
n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.
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recur
v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
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handwriting
n. Penmanship.
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disenfranchise
v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
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verbatim
adv. Word for word.
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mordant
adj. Biting.
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fusible
adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
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reticence
n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.
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shrinkage
n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
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corrigible
adj. Capable of reformation.
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discord
n. Absence of harmoniousness.
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dissentient
n. One who disagrees.
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perpendicular
adj. Straight up and down.
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callow
adj. Without experience of the world.
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manumit
v. To set free from bondage.
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incombustible
adj. That can not be burned.
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militate
v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
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gossamer
adj. Flimsy.
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landholder
n. Landowner.
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retrace
v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
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effeminacy
n. Womanishness.
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verity
n. Truth.
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opalescence
n. The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.
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gratify
v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
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besmear
v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
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transact
v. To do business.
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bibulous
adj. Fond of drinking.
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irrefrangible
adj. That can not be broken or violated.
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gluttonous
adj. Given to excess in eating.
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callosity
n. The state of being hard and insensible.
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happy-go-lucky
adj. Improvident.
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animosity
n. Hatred.
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tableau
n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
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penchant
n. A bias in favor of something.
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offshoot
n. Something that branches off from the parent stock.
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subordinate
adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.
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exigent
adj. Urgent.
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seminar
n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
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inject
v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
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absolve
v. To free from sin or its penalties.
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pseudonym
n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
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promoter
n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
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judicial
adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice.
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radix
n. That from or on which something is developed.
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inflexible
adj. That can not be altered or varied.
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disciplinary
adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
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invective
n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
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tutelage
n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
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parlor
n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
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abet
v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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guy
n. Stay-rope.
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apostasy
n. A total departure from one’s faith or religion.
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caret
n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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proceed
v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
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mettlesome
adj. Having courage or spirit.
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abeyance
n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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dispossess
v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
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reckless
adj. Foolishly headless of danger.
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juror
n. One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.
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massive
adj. Of considerable bulk and weight.
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statistician
n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
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dowry
n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
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gestation
n. Pregnancy.
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credible
adj. Believable.
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multiform
adj. Having many shapes, or appearances.
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objective
adj. Grasping and representing facts as they are.
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consumptive
adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
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Pan-American
adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
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muffle
v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
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suppress
v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
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instantaneous
adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.
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vacate
v. To leave.
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systematic
adj. Methodical.
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percolator
n. A filter.
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giver
n. One who gives, in any sense.
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discipline
v. To train to obedience.
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pretentious
adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
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citadel
n. Any strong fortress.
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disfavor
n. Disregard.
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centurion
n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
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acrimonious
adj. Full of bitterness.
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facilitate
v. To make more easy.
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credence
n. Belief.
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bronchitis
n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
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demobilize
v. To disband, as troops.
