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| 1 | coniferous | (adjective satellite) of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
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| 2 | acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic acid
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| 3 | viceroy | (noun) showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller (noun) governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
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| 4 | bibliophile | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books
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| 5 | conscience | (noun) conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience" (noun) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty" (noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
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| 6 | joggle | (noun) a slight irregular shaking motion (noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together (verb) fasten or join with a joggle (verb) move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
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| 7 | hospitable | (adjective) favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment" (adjective) disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations" (adjective satellite) (`hospitable' is usually followed by `to') having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"
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| 8 | inane | (adjective satellite) complacently or inanely foolish
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| 9 | empower | (verb) give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" (verb) give qualities or abilities to
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| 10 | canto | (noun) a major division of a long poem (noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
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| 11 | superlative | (noun) the superlative form of an adjective; "`best' is the superlative form of `good'" (noun) an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); "the critics lavished superlatives on it" (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 (adjective satellite) highest in quality
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| 12 | allot | (verb) give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms" (verb) allow to have; "grant a privilege" (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
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| 13 | tangent | (noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle (noun) a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
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| 14 | reprimand | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" (verb) rebuke formally (verb) censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
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| 15 | congeal | (verb) become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"
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| 16 | menagerie | (noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition (noun) a collection of live animals for study or display
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| 17 | prudential | (adjective satellite) arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons"
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| 18 | octogenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the eighties (adjective satellite) being from 80 to 89 years old
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| 19 | distillation | (noun) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors (noun) a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
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| 20 | donate | (verb) give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"
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| 21 | ulterior | (adjective satellite) coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument" (adjective satellite) beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw (adjective satellite) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
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| 22 | affirmative | (noun) a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative" (adjective) affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture" (adjective satellite) supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument" (adjective satellite) expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"
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| 23 | accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" (verb) go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" (verb) be associated with; "French fries come with the hamburger" (verb) be a companion to somebody
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| 24 | financier | (noun) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions (verb) conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
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| 25 | dimly | (adverb) in a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" (adverb) in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show"
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| 26 | endurable | (adjective satellite) capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment"
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| 27 | banal | (adjective satellite) obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose" (adjective satellite) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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| 28 | carnal | (adjective satellite) of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"; "carnal remains" (adjective) of or relating to the body or flesh; "carnal remains"
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| 29 | revisal | (noun) the act of rewriting something
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| 30 | preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" (verb) make impossible, especially beforehand
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| 31 | dissertation | (noun) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
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| 32 | acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
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| 33 | recuperate | (verb) get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" (verb) restore to good health or strength (verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" (verb) regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
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| 34 | exhume | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
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| 35 | modification | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (noun) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model" (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
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| 36 | viscount | (noun) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron (noun) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
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| 37 | vitiate | (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate as a contract" (verb) make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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| 38 | novice | (noun) someone new to a field or activity (noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
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| 39 | onslaught | (noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) (noun) a sudden and severe onset of trouble
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| 40 | vindicate | (verb) show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim" (verb) clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel" (verb) maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens"
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| 41 | eccentric | (noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles" (adjective satellite) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena
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| 42 | euphonious | (adjective) having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" (adjective satellite) (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
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| 43 | vortex | (noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly
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| 44 | voluptuous | (adjective satellite) furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishnes (adjective satellite) having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman" (adjective satellite) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
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| 45 | berth | (noun) a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" (noun) a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast (verb) come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" (verb) provide with a berth
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| 46 | medley | (noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
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| 47 | introversion | (noun) (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
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| 48 | peccant | (adjective satellite) liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott
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| 49 | filibuster | (noun) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes (verb) obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
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| 50 | surfeit | (noun) eating until excessively full (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall (noun) the state of being more than full (verb) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety (verb) supply or feed to surfeit
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| 51 | postscript | (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature
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| 52 | depression | (noun) pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" (noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy (noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation (noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) (noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" (noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention (noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity (noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" (noun) a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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| 53 | repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply
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| 54 | hydroelectric | (adjective) of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower; "hydroelectric power"
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| 55 | sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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