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1 pecuniary (adjective) relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services"

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2 arid (adjective satellite) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo

(adjective satellite) lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

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3 depress (verb) lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"

(verb) press down; "Depress the space key"

(verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

(verb) lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

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4 anonymous (adjective) having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift"

(adjective satellite) not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

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5 indignant (adjective satellite) angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"

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6 raptorial (adjective satellite) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"

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7 gamble (noun) a risky act or venture

(noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain

(verb) play games for money

(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

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8 fundamental (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series

(adjective satellite) serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

(adjective satellite) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

(adjective satellite) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravaga

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9 predominate (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

(verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

(adjective satellite) having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

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10 benediction (noun) the act of praying for divine protection

(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

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11 effeminate (adjective satellite) characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization"

(adjective satellite) having unsuitable feminine qualities

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12 extenuate (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

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13 granular (adjective) having a granular structure like that of chondrites

(adjective satellite) composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand"

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14 seminary (noun) a private place of education for the young

(noun) a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

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15 epoch (noun) a unit of geological time

(noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

(noun) (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred

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16 contumacious (adjective satellite) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

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17 flippant (adjective satellite) showing inappropriate levity

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18 tantalize (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

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19 technology (noun) the practical application of science to commerce or industry

(noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

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20 disengage (verb) become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"

(verb) free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

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21 substantive (noun) a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun

(adjective) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"

(adjective satellite) being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"

(adjective satellite) having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"

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22 resilient (adjective satellite) rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

(adjective satellite) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

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23 pare (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit

(verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"

(verb) strip the skin off; "pare apples"

(verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"

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24 dyne (noun) a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

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25 transient (noun) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

(noun) one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"

(adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

(adjective satellite) enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

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26 obese (adjective satellite) excessively fat; "a weighty man"

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27 minion (noun) a servile or fawning dependant

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28 trite (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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29 extemporaneous (adjective satellite) with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring

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30 emphatic (adjective satellite) forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"

(adjective satellite) sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"

(adjective satellite) spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"

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31 abut (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

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32 squatter (noun) someone who settles on land without right or title

(noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

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33 alcove (noun) a small recess opening off a larger room

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34 fretful (adjective satellite) habitually complaining; "a whining child"

(adjective satellite) unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

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35 morale (noun) the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

(noun) a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

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36 theism (noun) the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods

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37 gaseous (adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"

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38 stagnation (noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"

(noun) inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation

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39 defensible (adjective satellite) capable of being defended

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40 injunction (noun) (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

(noun) a formal command or admonition

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41 vocable (noun) a word that is spoken aloud

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42 procedure (noun) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

(noun) a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

(noun) a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

(noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

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43 commitment (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

(noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"

(noun) an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London"

(noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment"

(noun) a message that makes a pledge

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44 remonstrate (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"

(verb) argue in protest or opposition

(verb) present and urge reasons in opposition

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45 bole (noun) a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

(noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

(noun) a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

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46 petulant (adjective satellite) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

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47 salvo (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

(noun) a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"

(noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

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48 modernize (verb) make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"

(verb) become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

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49 extremity (noun) an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"

(noun) that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso

(noun) the outermost or farthest region or point

(noun) the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair"

(noun) an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

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50 toleration (noun) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

(noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"

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51 giddy (adjective satellite) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

(adjective satellite) having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"

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