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List 5
Test of Time, Chapter Four
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10/24/2004

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gingerly
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(adv) cautiously; slowly and with great care
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purloin
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(v) to steal
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mundane
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(adj) boring and regular; ho-hum
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devise
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(v) to create
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ameliorate
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(v) to improve the state of; to make better
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ambivalent
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(adj) not caring one way or the other
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enthralled
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(adj) excited and enchanted
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lucrative
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(adj) capable of producing a great deal of money
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skeptical
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(adj) cautiously uncertain
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undermine
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(v) to attack from behind the scenes; to ruin in small degrees
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fathom
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(v) to figure out
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tentative
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(adj) temporary; for the moment
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vehemently
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(adv) strongly; with force
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ominous
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(adj) threatening harm or evil
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profusion
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(n) a great quantity
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soporific
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(adj) causing sleep
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climactic
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(adj) most dramatic moment
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allegorical
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(adj) having a deeper meaning with a moral lesson
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esoteric
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(adj) intended for and understood by only a small group of people
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cryptic
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(adj) puzzling; encoded
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emitted
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(v) gave off
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jargon
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(n) slang; specialized terminology
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elite
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(adj) of the highest class
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multitudes
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(n) great numbers
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infiltrated
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(v) gained access to; crossed through into
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inviolable
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(adj) secure; unable to be violated
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omniscience
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(n) an all-knowing and all-seeing power
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redoubtable
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(adj) fearsome and thereby causing great respect
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arcane
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(adj) odd and little-known
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theroretical
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(adj) known or based only in theory
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merit
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(n) honor (v) to gain rightfully
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enigmatic
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(adj) puzzling; difficult to figure out
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laborious
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(adj) tedious; long and boring
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decipher
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(v) to figure out
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affixed
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(v) stuck upon solidly
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flagrantly
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(adv) obviously
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alluring
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(adj) attractive
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wistfully
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(adv) dreamily
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resonated
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(v) sounded; vibrated
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frigid
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(adj) cold; impersonal
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proximity
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(n) nearness
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clarivoyant
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"(adj, n) psychic; able to see beyond "
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extricate
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(v) to remove from an entanglement
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placating
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(v) to soothe; to comfort
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histrionic
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(adj) overly dramatic
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commodious
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(adj) having plenty of room; spacious
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recoiled
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(v) quickly moved back from; flinched
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accosted
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(v) attacked
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levity
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(n) lightness; humor
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ingrained
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(v) stuck within
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exacerbated
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(v) made worse
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rational
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(adj) level-headed; clear thinking
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coherent
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(adj) level-headed; clear thinking
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oblivious
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(adj) not observing at all
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emending
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(v) editing; correcting
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diminutive
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(adj) small
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insatiably
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(adv) without stopping; without satisfaction
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blundering
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(v) making mistakes
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ponderous
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(adv) with an air of thought; prone to deep thinking
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conjecture
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(n) decision based on insufficient evidence
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