ELITE 601-650

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lionize

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to look upon or treat as a celebrity

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excruciating

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severely painful

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venue

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the location where something takes place, esp. a trial

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groggy

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confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness

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capitulate

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to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance

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malady

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a disease; illness; sickness

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blandishment

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a flattering act or remark; allurement; enticement

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salient

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important, prominent, most noticeable

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exemplary

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worthy to serve as a model

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just

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honorable and fair; consistent with what is right

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salutary

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beneficial; favorable to health

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insensible

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not able to feel or perceive; unresponsive

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anachronism

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something not belonging to a certain time period

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proletariat

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the working class

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paucity

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smallness of number; scarcity

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distraction

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mental distress; that which amuses or entertains

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tract

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an area of land or water; a brief written work, usually on a religious or political topic

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foible

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a minor weakness of character

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colloquial

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appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal

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obstinate

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unreasonably stubborn

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affected

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behaving in an artificial way to impress people

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collateral

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parallel; serving to support; of a secondary nature

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weather

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to survive

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vocation

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a regular occupation, esp. one for which a person is particularly suited

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lament

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to grieve; to regret deeply; a mournful song

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incipient

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beginning to appear or be noticed

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ewe

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a female sheep, esp. when full grown

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disciple

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a follower of another who helps to spread teachings

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macabre

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suggesting the horror of death

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circumspect

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showing discretion and careful judgement

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desideratum

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something needed and wanted

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exorbitant

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excessive

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lucid

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easily understood, clear

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gambit

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a calculated, risky opening move

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impertinent

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rude

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subsequent

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happening afterward; following in order

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bungle

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to handle badly; to botch or mess up

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cite

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to refer to or quote

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pugilist

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a boxer

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crass

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dull-witted; unrefined

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captious

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tending to notice and point out trivial mistakes or faults; intended to trap or confuse (as in a captious question)

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deem

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to have as an opinion; to consider

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disabuse

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to free from error or falsehood

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reverberate

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to reecho

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conception

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formation of an idea in the min; the start of pregnancy

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unseemly

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not decent or proper

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eddy

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a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion

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oracle

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a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

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shambles

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utter disorder

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stationary

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not moving