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Abbreviated: shortened
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Abet: encourage
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Abnormal: unusual
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Abridged: shortened
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abstinence: doing without certain things
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Accord: award, agreement, free will
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Acidulous: sharp
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Acquiesce: agree without protest
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Acrid: sharp-smelling, bitter
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adjunct: non-essential addition
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Administer: manage the affairs of; treat disease with; deliver; direct the taking of
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Advent: coming; the period preceding Christmas
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Aegis: sponsorship
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Aftermath: consequence, unpleasant events
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Alumni: graduates
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Amorous: loving
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Amphibian: that lives in water and on land
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Annex: addition to something larger, attach or join to a larger area
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Annex: attach or join to a larger area; addition to something larger
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Annotated: with explanatory notes
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Antipodes: region on the opposite side of the world
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Appalled: horrified
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Apparition: ghost-like figure
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Appraise: estimate the worth of; judge the quality of
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Aptitude: ability
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Aqueduct: structure for conveying water
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Aquiline: curved
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Arbitrary: based on personal whim
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Assiduous: marked by hard, steady effort
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Astral: of the stars
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Attest: declare to be true
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Averse: opposed to doing something
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Awl: small pointed tool used for making holes
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Baleful: full of hayyyyyyyyyy......te
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Bandy: exchange; bowlegged
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benevolent: kindly
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Binocular: of 2 eyes
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Bleak: gloomy, harsh, desolate
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Budget: to use, plan of income and expenses
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buffoon: person who acts the fool
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Bulwark: defense; sides above the deck
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Caravan: group of travelers, large covered wagon
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Caries: tooth decay
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Carnage: bloody killing of many people
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Census: official count of the population
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Chaos: utter confusion
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Chasten: punish
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Chastise: punish
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chicanery: trickery
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choleric: easily angered
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Chronicle: record
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Cleric: clergy man
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Cloister: place of religious withdraw, covered walk
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Coerce: compel by making threats against
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Combine: bring together, group of business firms, harvesting and threshing machine
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Conifer: evergreen, cone-bearing tree
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Consecutive: following in regular order
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Conserve: to save; jams
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contagious: spreading rapidly
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Contrite: remorseful
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Conversant: familiar
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Counterfeit: not genuine
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Craven: cowardly
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Credence: belief in what another says
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Cull: to pick out
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Data: facts from which conclusions may be drawn
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Date: facts from which conclusions may be drawn
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Decipher: translate into ordinary language, figure out
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Deem: believe
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Degrading: lowering of one's self respect
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Dehydrate: remove the water from
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Dell: small secluded hollow
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Delta: area of land at the mouth of a river
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Demean: degrade
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Demeanor: manner
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Demise: death; transfer
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denizen: inhabitant
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Detract: to take away
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Devious: underhanded; roundabout
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Dialogue: conversation, continuous exchange of views
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Diction: way of pronouncing words, manner of expression
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Dilate: speak or write at length; grow larger
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Disclaim: deny
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Distend: swollen
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Divulge: make known
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Doughty: bold and strong
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Edifying: instructive
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Efface: erase, remove from notion
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Elicit: call forth
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Elite: superior group
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ellipse: oval
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Ellipsis: intentional omission of words
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Elocution: speaking in public
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emanate: issue
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Embellish: add decorative details to
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Enclosure: material accompanying a letter
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Engrave: cut
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Ennui: boredom
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Ensure: make certain of
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Envoy: diplomatic officer ranked below ambassador; messenger
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Ephemeral: short-lived
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Epistle: letter
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Epitome: person or thing typifying a quality
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Eschew: shun
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Ethereal: delicate; light and airy
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Euphoria: feeling of well being
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evince: show, call forth
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Ewer: water pitcher
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Exemplify: be an example of
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Exhilarating: invigorating
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Exorbitant: excessively high
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Exterminate: destroy
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Fabulous: almost incredible
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Factotum: handy man
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Factotum: handy-man
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Fallible: likely to err
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Farrier: one who shoes horses
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feasible: practical, likely
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Flay: remove the skin from, harshly criticize
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Flay: remove the skin from; harshly criticize
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Fluent: able to speak easily, smooth flowing
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Fodder: coarse animal feed
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Foretell: tell it before it happens
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furor: uproar
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Futile: useless
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Galaxy: group of vast numbers of stars, distinguished gathering
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Gaudy: showy and cheap-looking
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Gauntlet: long, protective gloves
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Genius: great mental and/or creative abilities,
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Gig: small ship's boat, 2 wheeled carriage, hook
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Gingerly: timid
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Gird: encircled, fastened with a belt
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glean: gather
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gloss: shine, cover up, explanatory note
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Gorge: eat greedily, deep, narrow pass
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Grotto: cave
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Guile: cunning
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Gullible: easily deceived
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Guttural: deep-throated
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Hackneyed: overused
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Hazy: unclear, lack of clearness
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Hemorrhage: bleed heavily
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Heretic: person who opposes the teachings of the church
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Heterodox: not generally excepted
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Hidebound: narrow-minded and old-fashioned
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Hilt: sword handle
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Historical: important in history
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Humdrum: monotonous
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Hypothetical: supposed for the sake of argument
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Idolatry: worship of physical objects as gods
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Illiterate: unable to read or write
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Impart: give; tell
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Impassive: showing no feeling
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Impel: force; move
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Imposter: person claiming to be what he is not
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Inaugurate: formally start; ceremoniously place in office
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Incongruous: not going well together
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Incorrigible: incapable of being reformed
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Inexorable: that can't be stopped
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Inexplicable: incapable of being explained
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Insight: understanding of something
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Inter: bury
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Interrogate: question
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Intrepid: fearless
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Invincible: that cannot be defeated
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Irony: remarks apparently opposite in meaning to their literal sense
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Irrelevant: not related to the subject
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Latent: hidden
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Lateral: sideways
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Leach: dissolve and wash away
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Lissome: supple and graceful
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Lucrative: profitable
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Lucre: money
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Lunar: of the moon
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Malingerer: person who pretends to be ill
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Mannerism: peculiarity of speech or behavior
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Martyr: person who dies for his beliefs
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massacre: killing of many people
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Meditate: think quietly; plan
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meticulous: thorough
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Migratory: moving from region to region
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Mimic: imitate
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minimize: reduce, understate
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Misanthrope: person who hates people
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Moccasin: heelless leather shoes, poisonous snake
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Myriad: countless
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Nebulous: vague; cloudlike group of stars
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Nominal: in name only; small
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Noncommittal: giving no clear indication of attitude
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Obese: fat
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Odometer: instrument for measuring distance traveled
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Odorous: sweet-smelling
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Omniscient: knowing all things
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Ordnance: weapons of war
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Orgy: wild, abandoned merrymaking; excessive indulgence
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Osier: made of willow branches
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ottoman: Turkish, padded footstool
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Oust: expel
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Overseer: supervisor
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Pander: offer cheap satisfaction
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papyrus: paper made from stems of reeds, used for writing material in ancient Egypt
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Paramount: most important
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Paraphernalia: personal belongings,
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Penance: punishment for one's sins
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Pervade: spread throughout
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Pestilence: disease that rages unchecked
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Pewter: a tin and lead mixture
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Pious: extremely religious, hypocritical
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Pithy: brief and meaningful; soft, inner tissue of the stem
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Plaudit: expressions of approval
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Porous: that allow fluids to pass through
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Portcullis: iron grating that closes off a gateway
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Posthumous: occurring after her death
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prate: chatter foolishly
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Prevalent: widespread
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Primitive: crude, earliest
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Prolific: producing many offspring
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Prone: lying face down, tending
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Prudent: wise
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Pugnacious: quarrelsomely aggressive
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Quail: draw back in fear, small game bird
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Rangy: slim and long legged
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Rank: coarse, (in) rows, strong-smelling, arrange in order, extreme
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Rarity: lack of destiny, valued because of its scarcity
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Recoil: spring back
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Recompense: repay
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Regimen: system of diet or exercise
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Remonstrate: to speak in protest
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Remuneration: payment for work done
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Replenish: provide fresh supplies of
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Reprehensible: deserving of rebuke
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Repudiate: refuse to accept
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Reputable: respectable, trustworthy
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Rescind: cancel
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Restitution: a making up for
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Resurgent: rising again
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Reverent: solemnly respectful
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Rigorous: severe, strict
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Rime: frozen mist; poem
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Roisterer: person celebrating noisily
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Rote: memorizing in an unthinking way, mechanical repitition
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Sage: wise, an odorous seasoning, very wise man
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saline: salt
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Sanctum: place safe from intrusion; sacred place
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Saturate: soak; completely filled
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scribe: copier of manuscripts, writer
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Sensuous: that provides enjoyment to the senses
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Sere: withered
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Silo: tower for storing fodder
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Sinister: evil
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Skimp: spend as little as possible
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Snub: rudely ignore, short
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Solar: of the sun
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Spawn: produce young in large numbers
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Specify: state definitely, call for explicitly
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Squeamish: easily upset
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Stalwart: fearless and sturdy
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Stenographer: shorthand typist
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Stilted: forced and unnatural
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Stipulate: specify
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Suave: gracious and self assured
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Surplus: quantity over what is needed
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Surreptitious: stealthy
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Symbol: object that is representative
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taboo: forbidden
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tacit: unspoken
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Tangible: that can be touched
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tantalize: torment by promising but withholding something from
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Temporal: non-spiritual, concerned with only the affairs of the world
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Testimony: statement made under oath
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Textile: woven fabrics
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Thwart: block
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Titanic: very large
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Titillate: excite pleasurably
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Toga: loose outer garment
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Tonic: medicine that restores vitality
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Torpid: sluggish
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Tourniquet: tight bandage designed to reduce bleeding
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Tractable: easily-managed
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Trance: sleeplike state
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Transcribe: make a written copy of
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Transient: short-lived; person who stays briefly and moves on
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Transpose: reverse the order of; write in a different key
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Treatise: formal essay
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Triad: group of three
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tribunal: court of justice
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Umbrage: feel offended
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Unassuming: modest
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Uncouth: crude
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Undoing: bringing to ruin, reversal
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Usury: lending money at excessive interest
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vehement: strong, violent
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Veneer: thin surface layer
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Vigilante: people taking laws into their own hands
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Vindictive: revengeful
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Virulent: highly infectious; hateful
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void: empty space, without legal force
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Vouch: support by speaking up
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Wend: travel (slowly)
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Wraith: ghost
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Writ: document ordering or forbidding some action; writings
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Wry: grimly or ironically humorous
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Yokel: gullible country folk
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Zone: area
