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1 constrict (verb) become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

(verb) squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

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2 formula (noun) something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

(noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

(noun) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

(noun) directions for making something

(noun) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

(noun) a liquid food for infants

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3 accursed (adjective satellite) under a curse

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4 metempsychosis (noun) after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body

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5 infidelity (noun) the quality of being unfaithful

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6 penultimate (noun) the next to last syllable in a word

(adjective satellite) next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"

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7 savage (noun) a cruelly rapacious person

(noun) a member of an uncivilized people

(verb) criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

(verb) attack brutally and fiercely

(adjective satellite) without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

(adjective satellite) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

(adjective satellite) wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"

(adjective satellite) marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

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8 macrocosm (noun) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

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9 overleap (verb) leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

(verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

(verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far

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10 lingual (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the teeth"

(adjective) consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity"

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11 propulsion (noun) the act of propelling

(noun) a propelling force

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12 expectorate (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

(verb) clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"

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13 juicy (adjective) full of juice

(adjective satellite) lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"

(adjective satellite) suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

(adjective satellite) having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"

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14 conducive (adjective satellite) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"

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15 recede (verb) become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

(verb) retreat

(verb) move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

(verb) pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

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16 stimulant (noun) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

(noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

(adjective satellite) that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena"

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17 ordination (noun) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"

(noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

(noun) the status of being ordained to a sacred office

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18 underwrite (verb) guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

(verb) protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this"

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19 mediate (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

(verb) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"

(adjective) acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

(adjective satellite) being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

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20 annalist (noun) a historian who writes annals

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21 insurgence (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

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22 lever (noun) a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

(noun) a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock

(noun) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

(verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

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23 whine (noun) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

(verb) complain whiningly

(verb) talk in a tearful manner

(verb) move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us"

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24 modulate (verb) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

(verb) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

(verb) fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

(verb) of one's speech, varying the pitch

(verb) change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

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25 gendarme (noun) a French policeman

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26 inaccessible (adjective) capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

(adjective satellite) not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

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27 preempt (verb) make a preemptive bid

(verb) acquire by preemption

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28 pluperfect (noun) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"

(adjective satellite) more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"

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29 submarine (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

(verb) attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"

(verb) control a submarine

(verb) bring down with a blow to the legs

(verb) throw with an underhand motion

(verb) move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"

(adjective satellite) beneath the surface of the sea

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30 pagan (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your God

(adjective satellite) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

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31 flatulence (noun) pompously embellished language

(noun) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

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32 patter (noun) plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

(noun) a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

(verb) make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

(verb) rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

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33 anemic (adjective satellite) lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

(adjective) relating to anemia or suffering from anemia

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34 beatitude (noun) one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"

(noun) a state of supreme happiness

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35 hospitality (noun) kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

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36 deviltry (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

(noun) wicked and cruel behavior

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37 doubly (adverb) to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"

(adverb) in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong"

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38 repellent (noun) the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"

(noun) a chemical substance that repels animals

(noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

(adjective satellite) incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

(adjective satellite) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

(adjective satellite) serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

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39 lexicographer (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

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40 possession (noun) anything owned or possessed

(noun) the act of having and controlling property

(noun) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"

(noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

(noun) a territory that is controllled by a ruling state

(noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea

(noun) being controlled by passion or the supernatural

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41 bodily (adjective satellite) having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence"

(adjective satellite) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"; "carnal remains"

(adverb) in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"

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42 recreant (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

(noun) an abject coward

(adjective satellite) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser

(adjective satellite) having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"

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43 disreputable (adjective) lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

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44 disown (verb) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

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45 recourse (noun) act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

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46 Elizabethan (noun) a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"

(adjective) of or relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled; "Elizabethan music"

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47 grotesque (noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

(adjective satellite) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"

(adjective satellite) ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"

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48 irate (adjective satellite) feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words"

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49 requite (verb) make repayment for or return something

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50 fishmonger (noun) someone who sells fish

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51 discomfit (verb) cause to lose one's composure

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