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acumen |
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adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government |
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adj. of little worth or importance |
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n. keenness of mind or insight |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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alacrity |
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adj. prejudiced |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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abandon |
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v. to give up completely |
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v. to read carefully |
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adj. passing swiftly |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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allude |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn |
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n. regret for wrongdoing |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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anonymous |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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adj. pertaining to the theater; designed for show |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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affable |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner |
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adj. trembling |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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adj. sharp or harsh in language or temper |
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accord |
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v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly |
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adj. occurring singly, at irregular intervals; scattered |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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abash |
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v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse, put to shame |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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v. to boast |
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adversary |
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n. a brief pointed saying |
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n. a collection of choice literary works |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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n. an opponent |
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ambiguous |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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accelerate |
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v. to win another's favor or good opinion |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship |
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v. to give up claim to |
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v. to quicken, speed tip |
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abrogate |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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adj. rigorously self-denying |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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amiable |
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v. to reproach with contempt |
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adj. good-natured; friendly |
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n. two words having the same sound but different meanings |
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adj. thoughtless; taking little care |
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amenable |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner |
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abridge |
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n. a public command or proclamation issued by an authority |
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v. assign |
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v. to shorten |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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acrimonious |
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v. to imprison |
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v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong |
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n. burden; duty |
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adj. sharp or harsh in language or temper |
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abet |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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v. to give up completely |
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annals |
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n. historical records |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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animus |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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adj. mean and base; filthy |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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adj. clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose |
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allay |
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n. a flattering speech or act |
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n. burden; duty |
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v. to rush forth suddenly |
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v. to calm; to lessen in severity |
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academic |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation |
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v. to calm; to lessen in severity |
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adj. pertaining to school |
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affluent |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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adj. prosperous, flourishing; copious |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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aggressive |
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v. to increase or enlarge |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship |
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adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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allure |
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v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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adversity |
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n. misfortune |
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n. inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank |
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n. inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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analogy |
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n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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n. a temporary suspension of hostilities. |
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anachronism |
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n. trickery, deception |
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adj. accidental |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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anarchy |
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n. state of confusion or lawlessness |
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n. an officeholder |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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n. nearness |
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aesthetic |
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adj. pertaining to the beautiful |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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v. to free from blame |
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adj. loud and noisy |
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admonish |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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adj. real; actual |
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v. to warn or find fault gently |
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abstemious |
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n. a state of happiness; a high ability |
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adj. entertaining |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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adj. moderate in the use of food or drink |
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accede |
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v. to deprive or leave desolate by loss |
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n. a conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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v. to agree to |
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accolade |
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n. an award or salute |
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adj. lacking in self-confidence |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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v. to win another's favor or good opinion |
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alienate |
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n. a swamp |
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v. to postpone or put off to another time |
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adj. prosperous, flourishing; copious |
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v. to estrange |
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abdicate |
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v. to give up claim to |
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v. to draw out |
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adj. inflicting, or concerned with, punishment |
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n. a public command or proclamation issued by an authority |
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