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abandoned: carefree
2.
abrupt: sudden/steep
3.
acute: severe/keen
4.
admonish: warn
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affect: to pretend to have
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affect: to cause a change in
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agile: alert
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anecdote: amusing story
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antagonistic: unfriendly
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antics: silly tricks
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anxiety: great uneasiness
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apparent: easily seen/seeming
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apt: appropriate
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apt: fitting/likely/clever
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ardent: eager
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assault: attack
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avert: prevent/turn away
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avid: eager
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aware: knowing
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baleful: harmful
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capital: money to invest/punishable by death/government building
22.
cast: coloring/group of actors/make from a mold
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cell: small room/smallest units of living matter
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coax: persuade
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compliment: praise
26.
conceited: vain
27.
continually: over and over
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corrupt: spoil/dishonest
29.
crave: desire
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crock: an earthenware jar
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cur: mongrel dog
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deed: act/proof of ownership
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delirious: wildly excited/raving because of fever
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derive: figure out/get
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diminutive: very small/form showing smallness
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distinguished: outstanding/could tell apart
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drivel: foolish talk, to dribble
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ebb: drop back
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ebbed: became weaker
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ecstasy: joy
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elegant: rich looking/very polite
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engrossing: interesting
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enlarge: increase size of/explain more full
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erect: put up/upright
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escort: companion/go along with
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establish: set up
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established: proven
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excessive: too great
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expel: drive out
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extend: to offer
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exultant: overjoyed
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fierce: wild/strong
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fret: worry/ridge fixed across the strings
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fretwork: design of short bars fitted together
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gores: triangular panels of cloth
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gratify: give in
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gratifying: satisfying
58.
grope: feel around blindly/search uncertainly
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helm: commanding position/steering wheel
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host: one who has guests/large number
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hulking: big and clumsy
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humble: plain and simple/reduce the pride of
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inane: foolish
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infectious: catching
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inundate: flood
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jeer: poke fun
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kin: relative
68.
launch: to start
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lax: careless/slack
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lodged: fixed firmly, to stay
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magnates: important business leaders
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maiden: girl/first
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main: chief/pipe
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merit: worth/deserve
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monastery: place where monks live
76.
mutilate: hurt badly/with sections cut out
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nag: old workhorse/keep complaining
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oath: serious promise/swearword
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penetrate: go through/understand
80.
petrified: turned to stone/frozen with fear
81.
pit: hole/stone/match in opposition
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ponderous: large and heavy/dull
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prior: religious leader
84.
propagate: spread/produce young from
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raiment: clothing
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rapture: great joy
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ravenous: very hungry
88.
reprimand: scold
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sack: wine/large bag/steal everything from
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scrutinize: examine closely
91.
slur: speak badly/pronounce unclearly
92.
solemn: formal, serious, dark
93.
somber: dull/gloomy
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source: origin of information/starting place
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sue: appeal to the law/ask
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suspend: hang/put aside/dismiss for a time
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swindle: cheat
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tardy: slow moving/late
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taunt: tease
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teem: swarm
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term: period in office/word/part of a school year
102.
terms: conditions of an agreement
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testify: give evidence
104.
thrash: to beat, move violently
105.
trivial: very unimportant
106.
turmoil: confusion
107.
unique: very unusual/one of a kind
108.
unruly: hard to manage
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unwieldy: hard to handle
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urge: drive to greater speed/desire/plead with
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vanquish: to conquer
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veteran: experienced/person who fought in a war
113.
wan: pale
114.
whet: to sharpen
115.
wrangle: argue loudly/
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wrangler: cowboy