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10/14/2011
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abject
 Definition
humiliated, wretched, hopeless
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ablution
 Definition
washing oneself
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abrogate
 Definition
abolish
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abstemious
 Definition
not self-indulgent (esp. in eating and drinking)
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capitulate
 Definition
surrender
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cerebration
 Definition
thinking
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capitulate
 Definition
surrender
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abstruse
 Definition
hard to understand, obscure
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adjure
 Definition
urge, request
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proxy
 Definition
able to represent someone
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adventitious
 Definition
accidental, unpremeditated
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amatory
 Definition
love, desire
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augury
 Definition
omen; prophecy
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clime
 Definition
a region specified by its climate
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hiatus
 Definition
gap
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amity
 Definition
friendship, harmony
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androgen
 Definition
male sex hormone
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animus
 Definition
hostile
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apartheid
 Definition
system or caste separating people by race
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apiculture
 Definition
bee-keeping
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corpulant
 Definition
very fat
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apostasy
 Definition
renouncing one's religion
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calumniate
 Definition
slander
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apotheosis
 Definition
climax, glorification
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salver
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tray
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indomitable
 Definition
unconquerable
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apprise
 Definition
inform
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cataclysm
 Definition
violent upheaval; catastrophy
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credo
 Definition
beliefs
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creed
 Definition
religion, system of beliefs
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appropriate
 Definition
take possession of for one's own use
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drudge
 Definition
slave
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carmine
 Definition
crimson, red
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arrogate
 Definition
to take or claim without justificiation
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encomium
 Definition
praise
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reverie
 Definition
daydream
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avouch
 Definition
affirm or assert
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aver
 Definition
to assert as fact
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avocation
 Definition
hobby or minor occupation
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hackneyed
 Definition
banal, cliche, boring, trite
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belie
 Definition
disguise, false impression
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bemoan
 Definition
express pity
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buttress
 Definition
suport, prop-up
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circumambulate
 Definition
walk in a circle
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circumspect
 Definition
watchful, vigilent, wary
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coda
 Definition
something that concludes or summarizes
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commensurate
 Definition
in proportion
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compendium
 Definition
brief summary
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complaisant
 Definition
trying to please
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compunction
 Definition
guilt
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conciliate
 Definition
placate, pacify
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conflagration
 Definition
large fire
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confluence
 Definition
merging into one
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congenital
 Definition
present from birth
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contention
 Definition
claim, thesis
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contentious
 Definition
quarrelsome
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contravene
 Definition
conflict with
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convalescent
 Definition
recovering from illness
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browbeat
 Definition
intimidate
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balk
 Definition
unwilling to accept an idea or to thwart someone's efforts; foil
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flout
 Definition
mock
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espionage
 Definition
spying
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convoke
 Definition
summon
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insurgent
 Definition
rebellious
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affray
 Definition
public brawl
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distaff
 Definition
concerning female
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reprisal
 Definition
retalliation
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craven
 Definition
cowardly
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corroborate
 Definition
to provide supporting evidence
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decadent
 Definition
decaying
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default
 Definition
failure to fulfill an obligation
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deference
 Definition
respect
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deferential
 Definition
respectful
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denigrate
 Definition
blacken; criticize unfairly
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deign
 Definition
do something beneath one's dignity
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delineate
 Definition
depict
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delude
 Definition
deceive
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desultory
 Definition
lacking a plan or purpose, aimless
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dilatory
 Definition
to delay
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concord
 Definition
agreement, harmony
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dilettante
 Definition
superficial interest in something
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dirge
 Definition
lament with music for the dead
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disabuse
 Definition
to set right
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penitent
 Definition
contrite, remorseful
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poltroon
 Definition
coward
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politic
 Definition
wise under the circumstances
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vociferous
 Definition
passionate, noisy
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suppurate
 Definition
create pus, fester
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ingenuous
 Definition
innocent and unsuspecting
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disparage
 Definition
belittle
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disport
 Definition
amuse oneself
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disseminate
 Definition
scatter widely
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divest
 Definition
deprive
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immutable
 Definition
unchangeable
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doleful
 Definition
sorrowful
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corporeal
 Definition
relating to the human body
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cortege
 Definition
a procession (esp. for a funeral), marching
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duplicity
 Definition
deceiving, double-dealing
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ruse
 Definition
a trick
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balmy (2)
 Definition
pleasantly warm, foolish or eccentric
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