deck800 Flashcards
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emergent
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adj. Coming into view.
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explicit
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adj. Definite.
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secant
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adj. Cutting, especially into two parts.
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aroma
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n. An agreeable odor.
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banal
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adj. Commonplace.
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conceit
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n. Self-flattering opinion.
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excavate
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v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
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nuptial
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adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
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deleterious
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adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
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protuberate
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v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
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incomplete
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adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.
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mountaineer
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n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
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bullock
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n. An ox.
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assent
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v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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pyrotechnic
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adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
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bilingual
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adj. Speaking two languages.
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simplify
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v. To make less complex or difficult.
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papyrus
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n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
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dramatist
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n. One who writes plays.
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perversion
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n. Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
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excellence
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n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
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seminar
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n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
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discover
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v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
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secondly
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adv. In the second place in order or succession.
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Achillean
adj. Invulnerable.
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panoply
n. A full set of armor.
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administrator
n. One who manages affairs of any kind.
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surmount
v. To overcome by force of will.
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preposterous
adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
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repudiate
v. To refuse to have anything to do with.
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intestine
n. That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
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robust
adj. Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
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panacea
n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
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day-man
n. A day-laborer.
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terminal
adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
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radiance
n. Brilliant or sparkling luster.
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imperative
adj. Obligatory.
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dermatology
n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
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characterize
v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
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trajectory
n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
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remission
n. Temporary diminution of a disease.
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assess
v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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foreigner
n. A citizen of a foreign country.
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chromatic
adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
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wean
v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother’s milk to another form of nourishment.
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lewd
adj. Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.
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assailant
n. One who attacks.
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faction
n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
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nuisance
n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
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redoubtable
adj. Formidable.
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misapprehend
v. To misunderstand.
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apprehend
v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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inapprehensible
adj. Not to be understood.
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euphony
n. Agreeableness of sound.
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aver
v. To assert as a fact.
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transferable
adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
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taut
adj. Stretched tight.
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ought
v. To be under moral obligation to be or do.
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mantel
n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
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concede
v. To surrender.
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impel
v. To drive or urge forward.
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prescriptible
adj. Derived from authoritative direction.
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marvel
v. To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
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hypnosis
n. An artificial trance-sleep.
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cardinal
adj. Of prime or special importance.
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presentiment
n. Foreboding.
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botanical
adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
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infinity
n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.
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finite
adj. Limited.
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retrace
v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
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propriety
n. Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
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enthuse
v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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flimsy
adj. Thin and weak.
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autopsy
n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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perambulate
v. To walk about.
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stationary
adj. Not moving.
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zodiac
n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.
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quantity
n. Magnitude.
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resistless
adj. Powerless.
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overpower
v. To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.
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opportunity
n. Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
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purgatory
n. An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
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insurrection
n. The state of being in active resistance to authority.
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patriotism
n. Love and devotion to one’s country.
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enervate
v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
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monsieur
n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
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anew
adv. Once more.
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wield
v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
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entirety
n. A complete thing.
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investor
n. One who invests money.
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proximately
adv. Immediately.
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confluent
n. A stream that unites with another.
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telephony
n. The art or process of communicating by telephone.
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perforate
v. To make a hole or holes through.
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Omnipotent
adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
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correlative
adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
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contagious
adj. Transmitting disease.
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deplore
v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
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annuity
n. An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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desperate
adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
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confectionery
n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
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cycloid
adj. Like a circle.
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fretful
adj. Disposed to peevishness.
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revere
v. To regard with worshipful veneration.
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fruition
n. Fulfillment.
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visualize
v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
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rescind
v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
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inglorious
adj. Shameful.
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candid
adj. Straightforward.
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disinherit
v. To deprive of an inheritance.
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fungus
n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
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abrupt
adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.
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effusion
n. an outpouring.
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comical
adj. Funny.
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verily
adv. In truth.
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recline
v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
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network
n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
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intoxicant
n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
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abridgment
n. A condensed form as of a book or play.
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introgression
n. Entrance.
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persist
v. To continue steadfast against opposition.
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mettlesome
adj. Having courage or spirit.
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album
n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
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detrude
v. To push down forcibly.
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alley
n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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penance
n. Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
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intangible
adj. Not perceptible to the touch.
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angular
adj. Sharp-cornered.
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opponent
n. One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.
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triple
adj. Threefold.
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embolden
v. To give courage to.
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Unitarian
adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
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advert
v. To refer incidentally.
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impute
v. To attribute.
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mandatory
adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
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endanger
v. To expose to peril.
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aggression
n. An unprovoked attack.
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stolid
adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
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bureau
n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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equivocal
adj. Ambiguous.
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manifesto
n. A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
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underlie
v. To be the ground or support of.
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overrun
v. To infest or ravage.
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apposition
n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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jubilation
n. Exultation.
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overthrow
v. To vanquish an established ruler or government.
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rigor
n. Inflexibility.
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collier
n. One who works in a coal-mine.
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ante
v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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arrangement
n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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peddler
n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
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outcast
n. One rejected and despised, especially socially.
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subjugate
v. To conquer.
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minutia
n. A small or unimportant particular or detail.
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secondary
adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary.
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transmission
n. The act of sending through or across.
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working-man
n. One who earns his bread by manual labor.
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auricle
n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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collusion
n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
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amphibious
adj. Living both on land and in water.
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menace
n. A threat.
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scintillate
v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.
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accomplice
n. An associate in wrong-doing.
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transgress
v. To break a law.
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hydrodynamics
n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
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episode
n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
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gradient
adj. Moving or advancing by steps.
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audacious
adj. Fearless.
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motley
adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
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accusatory
adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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halcyon
adj. Calm.
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deter
v. To frighten away.
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pyromania
n. An insane propensity to set things on fire.
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archetype
n. A prototype.
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extortion
n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
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regalia
n. pl. The emblems of royalty.
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somniferous
adj. Tending to produce sleep.
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divest
v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
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hernia
n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
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whereabouts
n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
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explosion
n. A sudden and violent outbreak.
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venerable
adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
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antique
adj. Pertaining to ancient times.
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diplomat
n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
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exemplify
v. To show by example.
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fumigate
v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
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tremendous
adj. Awe-inspiring.
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persuade
v. To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
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speculator
n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
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counter-claim
n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
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immeasurable
adj. Indefinitely extensive.
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munificence
n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
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fickle
adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
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antilogy
n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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imbibe
v. To drink or take in.
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misbehavior
n. Ill or improper behavior.
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evanescent
adj. Fleeting.
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macrocosm
n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
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veneer
n. Outside show or elegance.
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gestation
n. Pregnancy.
