 | Term | Definition |
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Amity |
friendship |
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Castigate |
scold strongly |
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Destitution |
hardship; poverty; misery |
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Expedient |
convenient; practical |
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Incantation |
chant; invocation; prayer |
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Lynch |
assassinate; kill; illegal hanging |
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Overt |
obvious; not hidden |
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Predicament |
dilemma; difficult situation |
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Sanguine |
optimistic; cheerful |
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Ubiquitous |
found everywhere; omnipresent |
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Amorphous |
lacking in shape |
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Catharsis |
purging of pent-up emotions |
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Deter |
put off; prevent |
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Expedite |
make faster |
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Incarceration |
putting in prison |
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Machinations |
plots and plans |
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Overwrought |
worked up; in an emotional state |
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Preeminent |
famous; outstanding |
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Sardonic |
mocking |
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Unalloyed |
undiluted; total |
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Analgesic |
medicine to combat pain |
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Caucus |
type of private political meeting |
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Deteriorate |
worsen; decline |
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Exposition |
clear explanation |
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Incessant |
without stopping |
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Maelstrom |
whirlpool; storm in the ocean |
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Palatable |
good to eat; agreeable |
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Prerogative |
right or privilege |
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Savant |
person with knowledge |
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Unctuous |
oily; using excessive flattery |
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Analogous |
comparable |
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Caustic |
burning |
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Detrimental |
harmful |
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Extol |
praise |
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Incipient |
just beginning |
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Magnanimous |
generous; big-hearted |
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Palisade |
fence made of posts |
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Prescient |
having fore-knowledge |
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Scale |
to climb |
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Undermined |
damaged; attacked |
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Anarchy |
chaos; lack of government |
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Cavalcade |
procession of vehicles |
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Devoured |
greedily eaten/consumed |
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Extradite |
deport from one country back to the home country |
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Inclination |
tendency; a leaning toward |
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Magnate |
powerful businessman |
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Palliative |
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure |
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Presentiment |
a feeling that something might happen |
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Scapegoat |
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others |
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Underscore |
emphasize |
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