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Replicate |
to duplicate; to repeat |
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Parochial |
relating to a church parish; limited in scope |
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Expletive |
an exclamatory word or phrase, often obscene or profane |
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Flotilla |
a fleet of small ships |
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Sinewy |
strong and firm; tough |
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Satornine |
gloomy; surly |
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Lugubrious |
exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful |
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Maelstrom |
a powerful whirlpool, turmoil |
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Billet-doux |
a love letter |
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Conveyance |
a means of transporting; a vehicle |
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Appendage |
something attached to a larger item |
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Posh |
elegant; fashionable |
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Germinate |
to begin to grow; sprout |
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Recalcitrant |
stubbornly resistant to authority or restraint |
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Rendezvous |
an appointment; a meeting place |
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Carnivore |
a flesh-eating animal |
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Echelon |
one in a series of levels of command |
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Corona |
a halo of light around the sun or moon |
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Distaff |
pertaning to females; a stick that holds wool or flax for spinning |
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Pariah |
an outcast |
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Monolith |
a single large stone, often in the form or a column or monument |
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Symposium |
a meeting to discuss a particular topic |
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Formidable |
frightening, dreadful; awe-inspiring |
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Metamorphosis |
a transformation; a marked alteration |
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Xenophobia |
fear or hatred of strangers |
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Paraphernalia |
personal belongings; equipment |
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Progeny |
offsprings; descendents |
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Apparition |
unused or unexpected sight |
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Plummet |
to fall or plunge straight downward |
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Dexterous |
skillful with the hands; mentally adroit |
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Gyrate |
to revolve around a point or axis |
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Promontory |
a high point of land or rock projecting into water |
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Decanter |
a vessel used to receive liquid poured from another |
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Archetype |
the original pattern or model |
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Bellicose |
warlike; quarrelsome |
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Luminary |
one who is notable in a particular field |
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Nadir |
the lowest point |
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Sediment |
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid |
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Masticate |
to chew; to soften by crushing |
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Pogrom |
an organized persecution or massacre |
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Pulchritude |
physical beautiful |
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Boudoir |
a women's dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room |
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Buttress |
to support or prop |
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Irreparable |
cannot be repaired |
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Googol |
the figure 1 followed by 100 zeros, equal to 10 to the 100th power |
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Deciduous |
shedding at a certain stage |
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Holocaust |
widespread destruction, especially by fire |
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Tantalize |
to tease by keeping something out of reach |
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Obdurate |
hard; unmoved by persuasion |
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Oscillate |
to swing back and forth |
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Votary |
a person devoted to something |
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Nocturnal |
pertaining to the night; active at night |
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Exodus |
a mass departure |
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Conflagration |
a large, destructive fire |
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Satiated |
fully fed; fully satisfied |
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Remorse |
regret for having done wrong |
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Truncated |
cut off; shortened |
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Incarcerate |
to put in prison |
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Truculent |
savage; fierce |
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Bonafied |
made in good faith; genuine |
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Salutary |
promoting health; benefitual |
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Prostrate |
lying flat; stretched out with face on the ground |
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Polyglot |
using several languages |
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Contretemps |
an embarrassing incident |
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Impropriety |
improper conduct; bad manners |
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Dormant |
sleeping; inactive |
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Nodule |
a small lump |
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Cuisine |
food, style of cooking |
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Juxtapose |
to place side by side |
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Carcinogen |
a substance that causes cancer |
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Titanic |
huge; powerful |
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Valor |
courage; bravery |
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somnambulist |
sleepwalker |
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Bizarre |
out of the ordinary; eccentric; freakish |
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Equilibrium |
a state of balance |
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Comatose |
unconscious; inactive |
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Lineage |
descent in a direct line from an ancestor |
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Potable |
fit to drink |
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Amphibious |
able to function on land and in water |
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Celestial |
heavenly |
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Bombast |
pretentious |
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Penurious |
stingy; extremely poor |
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Fecund |
fruitful; productive |
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Apex |
highest point; summit |
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Doggerel |
loose, irregular verse, inferior poetry |
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Ravenous |
hungry; very eager |
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Effervescent |
bubbly; lively |
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Caucus |
a closed meeting of members of a political party of faction |
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Ambulatory |
walking or moving; alterable |
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Libation |
a beverage; archaic; the act of pouring out a liquid of a religious offering |
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