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| 1 | encomium | (noun) a formal expression of praise
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| 2 | tortious | (adjective) of or pertaining to the nature of a tort; "tortious acts"
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| 3 | understate | (verb) represent as less significant or important
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| 4 | disseminate | (verb) cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
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| 5 | obtrude | (verb) thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" (verb) push to thrust outward
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| 6 | ashen | (adjective satellite) ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror (adjective satellite) made of wood of the ash tree
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| 7 | pact | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
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| 8 | impoverish | (verb) take away (verb) make poor
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| 9 | insulate | (verb) place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" (verb) protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
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| 10 | sumptuous | (adjective satellite) rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
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| 11 | vogue | (noun) the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" (noun) a current state of general acceptance and use
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| 12 | diversity | (noun) the condition or result of being changed (noun) noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"
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| 13 | loquacious | (adjective satellite) full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
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| 14 | deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbig moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" (verb) melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced"
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| 15 | connubial | (adjective) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits" (adverb) in a conjugal manner
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| 16 | reflector | (noun) optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668" (noun) device that reflects radiation
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| 17 | pseudonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
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| 18 | outpost | (noun) a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops (noun) a settlement on the frontier of civilization (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
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| 19 | corpse | (noun) the dead body of a human being
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| 20 | Augustinian | (noun) a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustianian mostaic orders
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| 21 | apex | (noun) the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars (noun) the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
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| 22 | infirmary | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment
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| 23 | sonnet | (noun) a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme (verb) compose a sonnet (verb) praise in a sonnet
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| 24 | abject | (adjective satellite) showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology" (adjective satellite) of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" (adjective satellite) most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" (adjective satellite) showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
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| 25 | acidify | (verb) turn acidic; "the solution acetified" (verb) make sour or more sour
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| 26 | pauperism | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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| 27 | excellency | (noun) a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her; "Your Excellency"
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| 28 | inure | (verb) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
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| 29 | inimical | (adjective satellite) not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
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| 30 | disqualify | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" (verb) declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"
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| 31 | transatlantic | (adjective) crossing the Atlantic Ocean; "transatlantic flight"
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| 32 | liquidate | (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" (verb) settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company" (verb) convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband" (verb) eliminate by paying off (debts)
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| 33 | punitive | (adjective) inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
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| 34 | azalea | (noun) any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
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| 35 | ostracize | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" (verb) expel from a community or group
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| 36 | rigmarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements
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| 37 | protuberance | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form (noun) the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
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| 38 | sentence | (noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" (noun) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" (noun) the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
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| 39 | allay | (verb) satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
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| 40 | pledgee | (noun) someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge
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| 41 | quadrate | (noun) a square-shaped object (noun) a cubelike object (adjective satellite) having four sides and four angles
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| 42 | undersell | (verb) sell cheaper than one's competition
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| 43 | monotony | (noun) constancy of tone or pitch or inflection (noun) the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
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| 44 | observatory | (noun) a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings (noun) a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
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| 45 | ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease" (verb) devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
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| 46 | biology | (noun) the science that studies living organisms (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region (noun) characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; "the biology of viruses"
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| 47 | immersion | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it (noun) a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort (noun) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse (noun) sinking until covered completely with water
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| 48 | iciness | (noun) coldness due to a cold environment
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| 49 | furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty (verb) grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" (verb) dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
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| 50 | disjunctive | (adjective) serving or tending to divide or separate
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| 51 | disburse | (verb) pay out
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| 52 | fallible | (adjective) likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to some degree" (adjective satellite) having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity"
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| 53 | antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
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| 54 | acme | (noun) the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of
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