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Abandon


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To give up completely; to desert; careless disregard

consequences; leave behind, relinquish; leave in troub

state; careless, often reckless disregard for consequen


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Afferent


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Carrying inward to a central organ or section,

nerves that conduct impulses from the peripher

the body to the brain or spinal cord; transmitt

impulses from sense organs to nerve centers


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Agog


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highly excited


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Animadversion


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Strong criticism; a critical or censorio

remark; harsh criticism or disapprov


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Aplomb


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Self : confident assurance; poise; assurance

manner or of action; a firm belief in one's o

powers; stable, calm state of the emotion


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Arboretum


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A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivate

exhibition; botanical garden primarily devote

trees and woody plants, for scientific study


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Armageddon


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The scene of a final battle between the force

good and evil, prophesied to occur at the en

the world; a decisive or catastrophic confli


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Augury


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sign of what will happen, omen


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Balky


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refusing or likely to refuse to proceed,

or function as directed or expected


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Batten


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Benedict


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A newly married man who was previou

considered a confirmed bachelor


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Bibulous


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Given to or marked by the consumption o

alcoholic drink; very absorbent, as paper or s

inclined to drink; of or relating to drink or drin


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blandishment


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something that tends to coax o

cajole : ALLUREMENT


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Bolt


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1) a roll of fabric, originally as a measure 2)

away suddenly3 ) BAR, LOCK, catch, latc

fastener


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Bunion


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A bunion is an abnormal enlargement of the joint; a painf

inflamed swelling of the bursa at the first joint of the big to

characterized by enlargement of the joint and lateral displace

of the toe


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Cadge


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To beg or get by begging, BEGGA

bummer, moocher, panhandle


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Caginess


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Having or showing a clever awareness an

resourcefulness in practical matters; secreti

wary; careful; shrewd


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Feeding on fruit; fruit : eating


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Caucus


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meeting where party leaders ar

elected and strategy is determin


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Compunction


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A strong uneasiness caused by a

sense of guilt; a feeling of regret fone's sins or misdeeds; a feeling o

uncertainty about the fitness or

correctness of an action; regret,

sorrow


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Large seashell


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a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x

8 feet or 128 cubic feet . To pile (wood) in co

a line made of twisted fibers or threads


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Coterie


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A small, often select group of

persons who associate with on

another frequently


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To frighten with threats or a show

force; browbeat, intimidate;


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A time unit equal to 1000000 yea

used in reference to evolutionar

processes


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Croon


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To sing softly or in a humming w


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Delusion


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An erroneous perception of reali

misconception, misbelief


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The act of demurring, especially a

mild, polite, or considered

expression of opposition; a forma

objection to an opponent'spleadings


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To violate the sacredness of; profane; s

or mar the sanctity of; abuse, violate


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Diazepam


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to cause inconvenience to :

TROUBLE


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Dolorous


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marked by or exhibiting sorrow

grief, or pain


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Enfeoff


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Ensconce


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To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably;

place or conceal in a secure place; hide; tu

away; fix firmly


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keep someone in a situation fro

which they cannot escape


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to follow as a consequence or res


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Entrench


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Evacuant


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Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate; tendin

cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuat

of the bowels


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Fabric


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a structure or framework


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Fallow


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Land left unseeded during a growing seaso

inactive; plowed but left unseeded during

growing season : fallow farmland


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Faradic


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The fidelity owed by a vassal to h

feudal lord. The oath of such fide


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Fiesta


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Forage


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Food for domestic animals; fodder. The act

looking or searching for food or provision


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Foursquare

h i d b fi d


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characterized by firm and

unwavering conviction; a planerectangle with four equal sides an

four right angles; a four : sidedregular polygon


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a person who admires France, i

people, or its culture


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Frill


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Frisky


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Playful


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Glean


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Glean


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Grouch


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To support slavishly every opinion or sugges

of a superior; to behave in a servile or demea

manner


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A throaty harshness; an abrup

discourteous manner


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Happenstance


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the dry outer covering of a fruit

seed, or nut; body of a ship


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Lacking variety or excitement; dull; bo

, dull; monotonous talk or routine.


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fill with a feeling or quality


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Immure


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Ineluctable


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impossible to avoid or evade


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An artless girl;an actress who pla

such parts


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Instate


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to set or establish in a rank oroffice:INSTALL


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to protest or complain bitterly o

vehemently : RAIL


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Japery


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acting like a clown or buffoon;

trick or practical joke


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Disagreeable to the sense of hearing; makin

causing a harsh and irritating sound;

characterized by rough motion


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Not interesting; dull; lacking maturitchildish; lacking in nutrition


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Jerry


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A German, especially a German soldier; offenterms for a person of German descent


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Knoll


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a small rounded hill or mound;

hillock


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a long handled spoon with a deebowl for serving soup, stew etc


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One that is extraordinarily large a

powerful; any large animal, as a


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whale; a monstrous sea creature

mentioned in the Bible; somethin

unusually large of its kind, especia ship


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Lop


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Malcontent


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a chronically dissatisfied person; one who re

against the established system; discontented

toward authority


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Malfeasance


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misconduct or wrongdoing,

especially by a public official


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Manna


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hardened sugary exudation of various trees; that God gave the Israelites during the exod


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Maroon


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To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionaabandon; to abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescu

escape; a fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th an

centuries; a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red


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Marrow


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M d


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Mordant

bi i l i


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bitingly sarcastic

M


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Mortar


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A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pemachine in which materials are ground and blended or crush

ancient field weapon that fires a projectile in a high arch to re

impact point; plastic material to bond stones and bricks toge

M i


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Moxie


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courage or nerve . the ability to face difficuwith spirit and courage; aggressive energ

M k k


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Muckrake


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to search for and expose miscondin public life.


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unreasonably and inflexiblyobstinate like a mule

Na e


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Nave


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central part of the church


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PREVAIL, be in force. for e.g. ruobtaining in other jurisdictions

Orc


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Orc


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A mythical monster of varying descriptions;of several cetaceans especialy the grampus o

dolphin family

Orison


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Orison


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Prayer

Pallid


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Pallid


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Having an abnormally pale or wan complexlacking intensity of color or luminousnes

Palter


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Palter


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to act insincerely or deceitfully

Paroles


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Paroles


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conditionally released from jail; pledge opromise made by a prisoner that he will obey

terms of his release

Pastiche


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Pastiche

A mixture of materials, forms, motifs,

and/or styles; often incongruous;

dramatic, literary, or musical piece opei it ti th i k f th


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dramatic, literary, or musical piece opeimitating the previous works of other

artists, often with satirical intent; an

artistic effort that imitates or caricaturethe work of another artist

Pettifogger


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Pettifogger


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a petty, quibbling, unscrupuloulawyer. One who quibbles over tr

Piquancy


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Piquancy


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Preclude


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Preclude

To make impossible, as by action

taken in advance; prevent; to


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taken in advance; prevent; toexclude or prevent (someone) fro

a given condition or activity

Preeminence


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Preeminence

importance, significance;

superiority, supremacy;


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superiority, supremacy;distinctiveness, state of being

distinguished; advantage

Preposterous


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Preposterous


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absurd: going very much agains

what is thought to be sensible o

reasonable; outrageous

Provenance


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Place of origin; derivation; the history of thownership of an object, especially when

documented or authenticated


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Purism


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strict observance of or insistence on traditiocorrectness, especially of language


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A unit of volume or capacity in the US CustomSystem, used in liquid measure, equal to /

gallon or 32 ounces

Quartet


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Quatrain


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Quisling


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A traitor who serves as the puppet of tenemy occupying his or her country


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Boisterous and disorderly

Rancour


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A feeling of deep and bitter angand ill : will

Reagent


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A substance used in a chemical reaction tdetect, measure, examine, or produce othe

substances

Ream


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500 sheets of paper


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The condition of being fully suppl

or completely filled; a state of


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excessive fullness

Rhapsodize


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to express oneself in animmoderately enthusiastic mann

Rickety


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Sagitta


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A constellation in the Northern

Hemisphere near Aquila and

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Vulpecula

Sagittal


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Of or relating to the suture unitithe two parietal bones of the sku

Seraph


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A celestial being having three pairs of wingsfirst of the nine orders of angels in mediev

angelology

Shoal


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A shallow part of a body of water : shallowmeasuring little from bottom to top or surfac

large number of fish swimming together

Shrivel


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To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle;

become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by dryilose or cause to lose vitality or intensity; dehydrate, dr

Shuck


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A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nu

ear of corn. The shell of an oyster or clam

Skein


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a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose l

coil; a flock of geese or similar birds in flig

Slatternly


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Speculative


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risky; based on guesswork rathethan knowledge

Stentorian


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extremely loud


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Stultify


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cause to feel bored or enervated2)cause to appear foolish or absu

Stultify


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To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsib

cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiemake useless or worthless; cripple

Stupor


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A state of reduced or suspended sensibility; state of m

numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze; conditdullness, often resulting from stress; unconsciousne

Suppliant


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Asking humbly and earnestly; beseech

one praying humbly for something

Surly


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gruff; bad : tempered and unfrien

Swath


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A path or strip; the space created by the swin

a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine

Tandem


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coming one after another

Tenacity


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firmness or persistence

Termagant


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A person, traditionally a womanwho persistently nags or criticiz

Tintinnabulation


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the ringing or sounding of bell


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Tirade


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l i l h ll f


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A long angry or violent speech, usually of

censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatri

Tort


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d i j f l t d illf


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damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfu

negligently, or in circumstances involving stliability, but not involving breach.

Triad


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A group of three; a chord of three tones, especi


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g p ; , p

one built on a given root tone plus a major or m

third and a perfect fifth; set of three similar thi

considered as a unit

Uncouth


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C d fi d k d l


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Crude; unrefined; awkward or clumsy;

ungraceful; archaic; foreign; unfamiliar; cluuncultivated; lacking in delicacy or refinem

Vicissitude


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a change or variation. The quality

being changeable; mutability


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Votary


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O l l d t d t li i


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One zealously devoted to a religi

Votary


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A person bound by vows to live a life of relig


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A person bound by vows to live a life of relig

worship or service; a faithful follower; anenthusiast

Vouchsafe


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To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege for exam


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To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for exam

deign; to let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege; descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dig

ose; grant

Vulgaris


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Being of the usual t pe; commo


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Being of the usual type; commo

Xerophagy


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fast which includes the eating of


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fast which includes the eating of

foods only

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