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1 alienable (adjective) transferable to another owner

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2 exaggerate (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

(verb) do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"

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3 assiduous (adjective satellite) marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

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4 frontier (noun) an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

(noun) an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

(noun) a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

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5 inviolable (adjective satellite) not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"

(adjective satellite) must be kept sacred

(adjective) that cannot be transgressed or dishonored; "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath"

(adjective satellite) able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"

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6 prodigy (noun) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"

(noun) a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

(noun) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"

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7 onus (noun) an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

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8 wretchedness (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

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9 muddle (noun) informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

(noun) a confused multitude of things

(verb) mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

(verb) make into a puddle; "puddled mire"

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10 kilometer (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

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11 stipend (noun) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

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12 beseech (verb) ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

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13 misdeed (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior

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14 position (noun) the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

(noun) a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

(noun) the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

(noun) (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"

(noun) the act of putting something in a certain place or location

(noun) the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

(noun) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

(noun) a rationalized mental attitude

(noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

(noun) an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"

(noun) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"

(noun) the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its place"

(noun) the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"

(noun) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

(noun) a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"

(noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

(verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

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15 lingo (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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16 acquiescence (noun) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

(noun) acceptance without protest

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17 gourd (noun) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

(noun) any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

(noun) any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

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18 cohesive (adjective satellite) causing cohesion; "a cohesive agent"

(adjective satellite) cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated; "a cohesive organization"

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19 expense (noun) a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"

(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

(noun) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

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20 beatify (verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"

(verb) make blessedly happy

(verb) fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

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21 edible (noun) any substance that can be used as food

(adjective) suitable for use as food

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22 evangelical (adjective satellite) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause

(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament

(adjective) relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"

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23 transcribe (verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA

(verb) rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

(verb) make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"

(verb) write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"

(verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

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24 courageous (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set

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25 cranium (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain

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26 tireless (adjective satellite) characterized by hard work and perseverance

(adjective satellite) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

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27 collegian (noun) a student (or former student) at a college or university

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28 relegate (verb) assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

(verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"

(verb) expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

(verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

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29 operator (noun) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

(noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"

(noun) someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"

(noun) a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

(noun) (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"

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30 unbecoming (adjective satellite) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

(adjective satellite) considered inappropriate for or unattractive on a particular person; "an unbecoming style"

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31 twinge (noun) a sharp stab of pain

(noun) a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

(verb) feel a sudden sharp, local pain

(verb) cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"

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32 dissentient (adjective satellite) disagreeing, especially with a majority

(adjective satellite) (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

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33 sonata (noun) a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

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34 divisible (adjective) capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"

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35 contemporaneous (adjective satellite) of the same period

(adjective satellite) occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

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36 repetition (noun) the act of doing or performing again

(noun) the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

(noun) an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"

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37 incapacity (noun) lack of physical or natural qualifications

(noun) lack of intellectual power

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38 accustom (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

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39 foreground (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application

(noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer

(verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

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40 invert (verb) turn inside out or upside down

(verb) make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"

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41 inborn (adjective satellite) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

(adjective satellite) normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

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42 missile (noun) rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead

(noun) a weapon that is thrown or projected

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43 buoyancy (noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his bouyancy and persistent good humor"

(noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial

(noun) cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

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44 psychopathic (adjective satellite) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

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45 monogamy (noun) having only one spouse at a time

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46 bevel (noun) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size

(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"

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47 affable (adjective satellite) diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

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48 alienate (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

(verb) transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

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49 recline (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"

(verb) cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"

(verb) move the upper body backwards and down

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50 differentiate (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character

(verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

(verb) become different during development; "cells differentiate"

(verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative

(verb) mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"

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51 disavow (verb) refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

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52 fete (noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"

(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors)

(verb) have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

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53 chattel (noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

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54 intermittent (adjective satellite) stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"

(adjective satellite) stopping and starting at regular intervals

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55 alley (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides

(noun) a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

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