Instant Vocabulary Flashcards
(417 cards)
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catty
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tends to be stealthy
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crafty
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intending to be sly or tricky
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slinky
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intended to slither, like a snake
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unclothed
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not dressed
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unalloyed
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not mixed; pure
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unadorned
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not fancy; simple
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listless
listlessly
listlessness
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without spirit
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earful
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an ear full of news or gossip
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tactful
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poised; having a feeling as to not hurt someone
He is wrong, but I will tell him in a tactful way
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tenable
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can be held or defended; sensible
Since he had done extensive research before publishing his work, the scientist was able to submit a tenable conclusion
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implacable
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cannot be appeased, cannot forgive
She had an implacable anger toward her ex-husband.
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encamp
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to set up camp
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envenom
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to poison
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environ
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to put a circle around
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adjunct
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one thing joined to another
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adulterate
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to change to an impure quality
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affiance
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to promise to wed
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allege
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to declare
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irreverent
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showing a lack of respect about holy matters
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irreparable
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cannot be repaired
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irresolute
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cannot make up his mind
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irreproachable
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cannot be blamed in any way
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anthracite
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a hard, natural coal
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dolomite
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a mineral composed of carbonates of calcium and magnesium
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aural
relating to the ear; hearing
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reprisal
retaliation
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dicephalous
having two heads
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didactyl
having hind toes seperate
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diota
a vessel with two handles
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dicellate
having two prongs
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dicotyledon
having two seed leaves
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diclinic
having two intersections oblique out of the three on a crystal
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divulsion
tearing apart
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diphthong
a sound made by joining two vowels
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proffer
to bring forward, to offer
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hempen
made of rope
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ingress
act of entering
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imbue
to inspire
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imbibe
to drink in
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immure
to wall in
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impinge
to dash, to strike
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effete
lacking fertility, worn out
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effulgent
shining out, bright
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effusion
a pouring out of fluids
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effervesce
to bubble, display liveliness
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effeminate
unmanly
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versification
the act of expressing thought in verse form
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vitrification
the act of bring made into glass
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naturopathy
a system of medicine where infections can be treated without use of drugs
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natuary
a ward in a hospital for women during birth
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prosaic
relating to prose
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emphatic
characterized by strong emotion
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satanic
devilish
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audivision
sound accompanying vision
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audivise
to receive or transmit, by audivision
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visage
the face or look of a person
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visile
relating to vision
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providential
provided by divine guidance; lucky
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envisage
to see with the mind's eye
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disbar
to keep away
Disbar a lawyer (no longer the right to practice law)
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indictment
a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
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factious
inclined to dissent
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factotum
one who can do many things
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factitious
made by art
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factive
making, causing
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putrefactive
causing decay
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facticide
the act of killing a fact
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facient
one who does things; a doer
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facsimile
a copy that is exact in every way
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deification
making a god out of something
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efficacious
producing the wanted effect
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nonage
state of not being of legal age
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noncommissioned
an officer of minor rank
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nonsequitur
something that does not logically follow
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repertory
a place where something might be located
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arrogate
to claim as one's own without right
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consecrate
to put into religious office by a rite
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enervate
to take away strength
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celerity
the quality of quickness
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garrulity
the quality of talkativeness
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pugnacious
having an inclination to fight
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covetous
full of envy; wanting what others have
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ablate
to remove or cut away
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ablution
the act of washing away
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ascond
to steal and hide away
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abstergent
a cleanser
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chancellorship
the office of the head of the unversity
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vigilance
watchfulness; alertness
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courtliness
the quality of elegant behavior at the king's court
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courtling
a courtier
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bedeck
to cover up; dress up with finery
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bedlight
to adorn
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beguile
to bewitch
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belabor
to beat soundly
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beleaguer
to blockade
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benighted
overtaken by night or darkness
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bewail
to weep for
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behoove
to be necessary or proper
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bequest
a gift, a legacy
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berate
to scold loudly
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besmirch
to make filthy
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bereave
to rob
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betroth
to become engaged
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acclimatize
to adapt to new conditions
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cauterize
to sear with a hot iron
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proliferate
to bring forth by rapid production
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prolix
drawn out
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annuitant
one to whom an amount of money is paid annually
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profess
to take vows; to openly admit
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antebrachum
the forearm
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antelucan
before dawn
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antemortum
coming before death
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antetype
an earlier type of something
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fusillade
rapid discharges of many firearms at the same time
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hebdomad
the number seven
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promenade
a public place for a leisurely walk
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occlude
to shut the way
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circumfulgant
shining all around
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circummured
walked around (in a dungeon)
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circumvallation
trenches to protect a besieged army
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latitudinarian
one opposed to strict discipline
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similitude
condition of likeness
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verisimilitude
having the appearance of truth
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lassitude
state of being limp
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pulchritude
state of beauty; loveliness
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rectitude
state of righteousness
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plenitude
abundance
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turpitude
baseness, depravity
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vicissitude
the ups and downs of fortune and fate
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dentality
dental quality in speaking
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dentilate
toothed
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dentimeter
an instrument used for measuring teeth
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dentin
an ivory-like substance that is the major part of the teeth
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dentiloquy
the practice of talking through the teeth
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dentiphone
a plate set against teeth which helps the deaf to hear
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dentition
the development of teeth
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dentoid
resembling a tooth
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denticate
to bite, to chew
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dentrifice
powder or paste for cleaning teeth
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dentigerous
bearing teeth
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interpolate
to insert
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interlude
a period between
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interfoliate
put leaves between pages in books
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interaxillary
coming between two axes of leaves
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anemia
a condition in which there is a shortage of red blood cells
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anodyne
creating an absense of pain
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anamalous
irregular
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anopia
absence of the eye; vision that is defective
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manuduction
leading by the hand, guidance
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manacles
handcuffs, chains
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manumit
realease from contract
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manumission
the act of liberating a slave
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manumotive
moved by hand
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legerdemain
light-handed magic tricks
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antapology
a reply to an apology
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antarchism
antagonism to government
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antephialtic
preventing nightmares
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anthelmintic
expelling worms from the system
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antibromic
deodorant
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antisepsis
prevention of invention
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uniparous
producing one child at a time
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fealty
loyalt
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infidel
one who has no faith
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perfidy
disloyalty, treachery
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opus
a musical composition
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opuscule
a small petty work
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reticule
a small net handbag
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funicule
a small cord
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hireling
one hired to do a job for petty motives
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censure
to blame, to find fault with
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primogeniture
the state of bring first-born
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tenure
the act or right of holding
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fixity
quality of being fastened in place
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affix
attached to another word as a prefix or suffix
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transfix
to hold motionless
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boorish
a lout, a churl
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agnosy
state of not knowing
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cognosce
inquire into; find out
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prognosis
a forecast
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rectify
to make right
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accede
to go along with, agree
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abscess
a localized collection of pus
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intercession
act of going in between
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accession
the going to, (accession to the throne)
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polyanthus
a type of plant with many flowers
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polydactyl
having more than the normal number of toes
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polychromatic
having many colors
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polychotomy
division into many parts or branches
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apobiotic
pertaining to any change that diminshes the vital energy of tissue
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apocenter
the point furthest away from the center of attraction
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apocope
a cutting off; end letters of a word
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apocrustic
able to drive away
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apocrypha
writings of doubtful authority
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apogee
the poitn in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest away from the sun
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apoplectic
highly excited
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apostasy
a defection from one's own faith
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apostate
one who abandons his faith
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apostle
one who is sent away on a mission
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apotype
type specimen used as a basis of information
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apothegm
a short saying that teaches
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perambulate
walk through; traverse
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peremptory
final
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humate
a salt of a humic acid
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humicubation
act of lying on the ground in penitence
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motorcade
a group of vehicles moving together
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motordrome
a course for racing automobiles
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presage
to predict
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misbegotten
born out of wedlock; ill-born
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misopedia
a morbid dislike of own's children
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mistrial
a trial of no effect because of an error
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licentiate
one who is licensed to practice a profession
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capitular
relating to a heading
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capitulate
to surrender
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stanchion
a standing brace or support
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desist
quit
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inductile
inflexible
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traduce
to slander
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omniana
bits of information from everywhere
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omnium
total
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omnifarious
of all sorts
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chronomancy
divination to determine the right time for action
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chronopher
an instrument which signals the correct time
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chronothermal
relating to time and temperature
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flection
the act of bending
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plegometer
an instrument for measuring and recording the force the blows
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pericarp
around the fruit
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pericentric
deposited around the center
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periclitate
to expose to danger
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periosteal
located around the bone
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perinephritis
inflammation of the tissue around the kdneys
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peripatetic
walking around
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periphery
a line around a surface
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supraliminal
lying above the threshold of consciousness
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parabiosis
union of two organisms
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parablepsy
vision that is abnormal
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parachronism
an error in chronology
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paradromic
running parallel
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paracusia
any hearing disorder
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gressorial
adapted for walking
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egress
to exit
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mortician
an undertaker
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numerist
a numerologist
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supernumary
exceeding the needed number
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detract
to draw away from
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subtrahend
the number to be drawn away from another
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protract
draw further
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protractive
causing delay
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asterzoa
starfish family
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bigamist
one married to two spouses at the same time
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evangelist
one who rouses religious fervor
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autognosis
self-knowledge
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autogenesis
born from oneself
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senile
relating to old age
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puerile
childish
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prehensile
capable of grasping
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positor
one who asserts or confirms
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depose
to remove from office
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propound
to propose
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impound
to seize and to hold in custody
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missive
a note which can be sent by messengers
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emissary
a messenger sent on a mission
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populicide
the slaughter of populations
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legate
a delegate
to bequeath a legacy
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legist
one who is skilled in law
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legist
one who is skilled in law
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heliochrome
a naturally colored photograph
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heliodon
a device to illustrate the sun's movement
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heliolatry
sun worship
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heliophyte
plant growing in sunlight
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heliosis
sunburn
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ambiparous
having both leaves and flowers
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ambit
bounds set up extending to the limit of a place
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ambivert
one who is both an extravert and an introvert
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ambisinister
left-handed, clumsy with both hands
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amburbial
relating to a circuit of a city
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perambulator
one who travels around; baby carriage
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ridibund
tending to laughter
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riant
smiling, cheerful
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risible
inclined to laugh
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derision
mocking laughter
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risibles
likely to laugh
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deride
make mock of
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vocation
a call to serve in a particular profession
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capias
a writ for arrest
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capstan
a rotational device to move heavy weights
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mimeograph
an apparatus for making copies of written materials
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phonography
an instrument for reproducing recorded sounds
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microbicide
an agent that kills microbes
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testate
leaving a valid will which has been witnessed
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testmur
a certificate attesting to proficiency, a diploma
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intestate
not leaving a will
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testatrix
a female testator
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distend
stretch out
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detente
relaxation of strained relations
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intendment
true meaning
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subaltern
under another; inferior in rank
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subfluvial
placed under a river
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subpoena
a writ placing one under threat of punishment unless one appears in court
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subterfuge
deception
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subversive
tending to undermine the government
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scribacious
addicted to writing
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scrivener
a public writer
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postprandial
after the feast
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monogyny
a society which establishes the law of one wife only
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monody
a funeral lament song
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monoblepsia
vision is normal only when one eye is used
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maladroit
clumsy
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osteoid
resembling a bone
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creant
creating; having the urge to create
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procreant
fruitful, productive
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procreate
to beget offspring
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piladelphy
love for all men as brothers
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philatelist
a stamp collector
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philomatelogy
the science of kissing
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philogeant
a lover of all good things
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sophism
an idea that seems reasonable but actually hides a fallacy
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syllogism
a formal argument with a major and minor premise and conclusion
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syncopation
a temporary displacement of the regular accent
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syndactyl
having webbed feet
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syndicate
an association of persons for business
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theodicy
defense of god's justice
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theolatry
worship of gods
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theologaster
a theological quack
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theomastix
a scourge to mortal designated by the divinity
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anabasis
a journey upwards; a military advance
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anabiosis
the state of suspended animation
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anacatharsis
severe vomiting
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anacephalize
to review, recapitulate
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anachorism
a thing geographically out of place
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anacusia
complete deafness
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anadipsia
excessive desire to drink
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analeptic
restorative, giving strength
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ananym
the spelling of a name backward for use as a pseudonym
Mr. Draw for Mr. Ward
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vertiginous
dizzy; affected with vertigo
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pedodontia
treatment of children's feet
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pedophilia
love of children
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pedantry
display of learning
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podiatry
treats diseases of the foot
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pedialgia
neuralgia in the foot
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pedomotor
machine driven by the power of the feet
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pedotrophy
the art of properly rearing children
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tactus
the sense oftouch
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adjure
to bind as if by solemn oath
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abjure
to swear away under oath
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temporal
limited by time
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temporize
to coply with time or circumstance
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cotemporary
those who live at the same time
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extempore
on the spur of the moment, unprepared
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myriarch
a leader of 10000 troops
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panarachy
government by all
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chiliarch
chief of a thousand troops
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endarchy
government from an inner center of control
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polemarch
a military leader in Athens
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dromedary
a swiftly running camel
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prodromal
precursory
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dromograph
a chart for recording speed changes
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dromotropic
affecting the cardiac
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prodromous
a preliminary publication
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hydrodromica
the swimming bug
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hippodromist
a circus rider or trainer
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hydrodrome
a boatlike vessel used to skim the surface of the water
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dromomania
exaggerated longing for travel
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prodrome
an early warning of disease
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alibi
proof of being elsewhere at the time of the crime
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allogamy
reproduction by cross-fertilization
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allograph
the signing of another's name; forgery
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allonym
the name of another person used by an author
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epicarp
the outer layer of the fruit
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epiphora
watering from the eyes due to obstruction of the tearduct
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epitome
an abridged summary of a topic
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epithalamium
a poem in honor of bride and groom
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epizeuxis
emphatic repetition
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epistle
piece of writing in the form of a letter
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epigram
a clever, pithy saying
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marigenous
produced in or by the sea
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marfire
the phosphorescence on the sea
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similative
indicating a likeness
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similitude
resemblance
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simulacrum
an image, a likeness of an image
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similor
an alloy resembling gold in color
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simulatory
pretending, putting up a show
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sequestration
separation; retirement from society
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secern
to set apart, to discriminate
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sedition
conduct tending to treason
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catabasis
a going down, decline in health
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catachresis
a misuse of words
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cataclysm
a downward sweep of water
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catacomb
underground burial place
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catafalque
a raised platform for the coffin of one deceased
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catagenesis
evolution going backwards
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catastasis
climax in a drama
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catatonia
a severe type of mental disorder
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catarrh
inflammation of the mucous membrane
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construe
to explain
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acerate
shaped like a noodle
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acerb
tart
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acidosis
condition of the blood having an abnormal amount of acid
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micromelia
a condition where the extremities are abnormally undeveloped
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microaudiphone
an instrument to make slight sounds audible
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hydropic
said of one suffering from dropsy
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hydrophone
instrument that detects sound of water in pipes
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hydragogue
causing the expelling of serum as in a dropsy
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germiparity
reproduction by germs
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germifuge
driving out germs
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germanity
quality of kinship
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germane
closely allied
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germaproof
germ repellent
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genarch
head of family, tribe, or race
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gendarme
cavalry man in command of a squad
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progeny
children
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specter
a disembodied spirit
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spectrophone
the science of analyzing spectra
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stereotomy
the art of cutting colids
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stereopticon
an instrument to put the images produced by transparent slides on a screen
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stereomatrix
mold used in stereotyping
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stereoscope
instrument which gives to pictures the impression of solidity
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