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malignant
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adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
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rejoin
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v. To reunite after separation.
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potion
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n. A dose of liquid medicine.
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determinate
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adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
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reliance
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n. Dependence.
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lordling
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n. A little lord.
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conjugal
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adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
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punctilious
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adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
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progeny
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n. Offspring.
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instantaneous
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adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.
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curio
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n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
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scholastic
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adj. Pertaining to education or schools.
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superintend
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v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
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purveyor
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n. one who supplies
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forfend
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v. To ward off.
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vocable
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n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
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percussion
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n. The sharp striking of one body against another.
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lateral
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adj. Directed toward the side.
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forebode
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v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
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accelerate
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v. To move faster.
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brusque
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adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
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jargon
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n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.
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spasmodic
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adj. Convulsive.
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Newtonian
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adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
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effulgence
n. Splendor.
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naturally
adv. According to the usual order of things.
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cant
v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
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divulge
v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
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clandestine
adj. Surreptitious.
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inject
v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
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annunciation
n. Proclamation.
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teem
v. To be full to overflowing.
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heifer
n. A young cow.
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debut
n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.
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dogma
n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
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pact
n. A covenant.
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meretricious
adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show.
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extensor
n. A muscle that causes extension.
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patronymic
adj. Formed after one’s father’s name.
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Briticism
n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
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ligneous
adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood.
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distensible
adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
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abbess
n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
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flux
n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
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disunion
n. Separation of relations or interests.
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transfigure
v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
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sympathize
v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
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valediction
n. A bidding farewell.
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destitute
adj. Poverty-stricken.
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separable
adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided.
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analogy
n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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pecuniary
adj. Consisting of money.
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plenary
adj. Entire.
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imprudent
adj. Heedless.
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irreversible
adj. Irrevocable.
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intersect
v. To cut through or into so as to divide.
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safeguard
v. To protect.
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generic
adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
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peerage
n. The nobility.
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Madonna
n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.
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incentive
n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
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temporary
adj. Lasting for a short time only.
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satiric
adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
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momentum
n. An impetus.
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inarticulate
adj. Speechless.
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aggress
v. To make the first attack.
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notorious
adj. Unfavorably known to the general public.
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petulance
n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
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pentagram
n. A figure having five points or lobes.
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wizen
v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.
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luminosity
n. The quality of giving or radiating light.
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compulsory
adj. Forced.
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reformer
n. One who carries out a reform.
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ardent
adj. Burning with passion.
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fragile
adj. Capable of being broken.
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becalm
v. To make quiet.
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enthrone
v. To invest with sovereign power.
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quay
n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
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relevant
adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand.
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vaporizer
n. An atomizer.
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prophecy
n. Any prediction or foretelling.
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asexual
adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.
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benevolent
adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
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deponent
adj. Laying down.
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venal
adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
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canon
n. Any rule or law.
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nowhere
adv. In no place or state.
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fluctuate
v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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ichthyosaurs
n. A fossil reptile.
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importation
n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
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suffrage
n. The right or privilege of voting.
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clothier
n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
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minority
n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
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insignificance
n. Lack of import or of importance.
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donor
n. One who makes a donation or present.
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ligament
n. That which binds objects together.
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antediluvian
adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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prevalent
adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
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missal
n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
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rondo
n. A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
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rhetorician
n. A showy writer or speaker.
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pungency
n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
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codicil
n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
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lucid
adj. Mentally sound.
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extempore
adv. Without studied or special preparation.
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optometry
n. Measurement of the powers of vision.
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ointment
n. A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.
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implausible
adj. Not plausible.
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puissant
adj. Possessing strength.
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latish
adj. Rather late.
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distillation
n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
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blockade
n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
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underexposed
adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
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accompaniment
n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.
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arboretum
n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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hexagon
n. A figure with six angles.
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convertible
adj. Interchangeable.
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negligence
n. Omission of that which ought to be done.
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attache
n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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meager
adj. scanty.
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detest
v. To dislike or hate with intensity.
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inkling
n. A hint.
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relish
v. To like the taste or savor of.
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sinuosity
n. The quality of curving in and out.
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reflectible
adj. Capable of being turned back.
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deficient
adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
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inquisition
n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
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florid
adj. Flushed with red.
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annalist
n. Historian.
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imply
v. To signify.
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irreverent
adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
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actuality
n. Any reality.
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later
adv. At a subsequent time.
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cygnet
n. A young swan.
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coquette
n. A flirt.
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perturb
v. To disturb greatly.
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corrosive
n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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enjoin
v. To command.
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sirocco
n. hot winds from Africa.
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steppe
n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
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souvenir
n. A token of remembrance.
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inception
n. The beginning.
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vignette
n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
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conductible
adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
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unison
n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
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proscribe
v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
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underwrite
v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
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effrontery
n. Unblushing impudence.
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accredit
v. To give credit or authority to.
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skirmish
n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
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emphatic
adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
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seer
n. A prophet.
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azalea
n. A flowering shrub.
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technography
n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
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inventive
adj. Quick at contrivance.
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heterogeneous
adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
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alien
n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
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oversee
v. To superintend.
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archangel
n. An angel of high rank.
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gesticulate
v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
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bolero
n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
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extinguish
v. To render extinct.
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thermoelectric
adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat.
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ostracize
v. To exclude from public or private favor.
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remonstrant
adj. Having the character of a reproof.
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fallacy
n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
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prudence
n. Caution.
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pedagogue
n. A schoolmaster.
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contemporaneous
adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
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superfluity
n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
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misty
adj. Lacking clearness
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emphasize
v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.
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neural
adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
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spectrum
n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
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collector
n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
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meliorate
v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.
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vestige
n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
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viola
n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
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reciprocate
v. To give and take mutually.
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gaseous
adj. Light and unsubstantial.
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legging
n. A covering for the leg.
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declamatory
adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
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hypnotism
n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
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savage
n. A wild and uncivilized human being.
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dutiable
adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
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statuette
n. A figurine.
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deface
v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
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brandish
v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
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subliminal
adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
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commemorate
v. To serve as a remembrance of.
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differentiate
v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
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trepidation
n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
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ablution
n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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check
v. To hold back.
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matrimony
n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
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fresco
n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
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aura
n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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culinary
adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
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judiciary
n. That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.
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stanza
n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
