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abstruse
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hard to understand
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aberration
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abnormality
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acerbic
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sharp, bitter
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adage
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old saying, proverb
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ahistorical
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not related to history
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allay
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to calm, to soothe
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altercation
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angry argument
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ameliorate
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to improve
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ancillary
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secondary, additional
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Antediluvian
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ancient
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anvil
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block of iron used by a blacksmith
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append
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to add to to attach
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austere
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strict harsh
not luxurious
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aviary
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a cage for birds
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barb
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an insult
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bay
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a dogs or wolfs howl
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belie
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to deny, to give a false impression of
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bemused
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deep in thought, dazed
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bequest
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gift left by a will
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bewail
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to cry or complain about
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blanch
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to turn Pail
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bludgeon
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club, to hit
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boorish
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bad mannered
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broach
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to begin to talk about
to open
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burgeon
to grow rapidly
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calligrapher
one who uses a special pen to create beautiful handwriting
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carp
to complain
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categorical
definite, absolute
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causal
involving the cause of something
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centrifuge
a machine that spins substances so that they seperate
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charlatan
a person who pretends to be skilled
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check
to stop
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cicada
a winged insect
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cistern
water container
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clank
harsh banging noise
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collegiality
the sharing of authority
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commemorate
to honor a memory
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compatriot
person from the same country
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concur
to agree
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confer
to discuss
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congeal
to become solid
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connotative
suggest an extra meaning
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contrite
sorry
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coronation
crowning
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cosmologist
one who studies the universe
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debase
to lower, to humble
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decorous ness
good manners, proper behavior
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defacement
destruction of appearance e
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defunct
dead, no longer existing
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depravity
wickedness
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desist
to stop
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deter
to prevent
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dictum
a formal statement of opinion
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dike
wall used to hold back wate r
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diorama
miniature scene in three dimensions
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disburse
to pay out money
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disdain
to look down upon, to scorn
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dissension
act of disagreeing
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distend
to stretch, to extend
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dross
useless material
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edifice
large building
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effrontery
open rudeness
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elegy
song or poem or the dead
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elusive
hard to catch, evasive
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empiricism
practice of relaying an observation and experianxe
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encompass
to include
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entail
to involve
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enumeration
numbered list
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epochal
important, pertaining to particular period of history
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erudition
knowledge acquired from books
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ethereal
not physical, spiritual
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evocative
brining out a reaction, stimulating
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execrable
very bad
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expansive
wide, braid
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expunge
to erase
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extrapolate
to predict
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faction
a group of people who think the same way
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fecund
fertile
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fetid
having a bad smell
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filament
thin wire or thread
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fledging
inexperienced person
young bird
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flushed
red in the face
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forgo
to do without, to give up
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fractious
disobedient
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fulsome
gross offensive
lavish overdone
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galvanize
to inspire or stimulate sudden action
to prevent rust coating
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gaunt
thin, grim
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genteel
upper class, elegant, polite
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gibe
to ridicule
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glacial
cold, unfriendly
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gnat
flea
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gratis
free of charge
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harbinger
a sign or omen, a messenger
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Herculean
of great power or difficulty
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immutable
unchangeabke
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impetus
motivation, driving force
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improvidence
lack of foresight
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incandescent
bright, glowing with heat
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incidental
unimportant, not central
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incontrovertible
unquestionable, definte
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indecipherable
impossible to understand
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indigent
extremely poor
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indubitable
certain, definite
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infatuation
foolish or impulsive love
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infuriate
to anger
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inkling
beginning of the idea
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inscrutable
mysterious, hard to understand
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insurmountable
impossible to overcome
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intractable
hard to manage, disobedien
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invasive
invading, entering
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irascible
bad tempered
