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1 warlike (adjective satellite) suggesting war or military life

(adjective satellite) inclined to make war

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2 overpass (noun) bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England"

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3 masquerade (noun) making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

(noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as the expert on the Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

(verb) take part in a masquerade

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4 solstice (noun) either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

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5 discrepant (adjective satellite) not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"

(adjective satellite) not in agreement

(adjective satellite) not compatible with other facts

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6 credence (noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet

(noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

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7 permutation (noun) act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group

(noun) complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller

(noun) the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

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8 effrontery (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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9 intercessor (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

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10 discredit (noun) the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"

(verb) reject as false; refuse to accept

(verb) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"

(verb) damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

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11 keepsake (noun) something of sentimental value

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12 cursory (adjective satellite) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

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13 refusal (noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered

(noun) the act of refusing

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14 cabinet (noun) a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

(noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

(noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

(noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

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15 reunite (verb) unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?"

(verb) have a reunion; unite again

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16 antiquate (verb) give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"

(verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned

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17 ultimate (adjective satellite) being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"

(adjective) furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

(adjective satellite) being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything; "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London; "the ultimate ingredients of matter"; "his proposal is elegantly simple"

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18 risible (adjective satellite) arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughab

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19 noisy (adjective) full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"

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20 compress (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

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

(verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

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21 buffoon (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

(noun) a rude or vulgar fool

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22 incomprehensible (adjective) difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

(adjective) incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

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23 forbearance (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

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24 effete (adjective satellite) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

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25 surcharge (noun) an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

(verb) show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given

(verb) place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"

(verb) fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"

(verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

(verb) fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"

(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price

(verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service

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26 improvident (adjective) not provident; not providing for the future

(adjective satellite) not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

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27 harmonious (adjective satellite) existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"

(adjective satellite) suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"

(adjective satellite) exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

(adjective) musically pleasing

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28 persevere (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

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29 seance (noun) a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

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30 vigilance (noun) vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"

(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention

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31 despondent (adjective satellite) without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"

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32 enormous (adjective satellite) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Li

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33 workmanship (noun) skill in an occupation or trade

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34 impeccable (adjective satellite) without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"

(adjective satellite) not capable of sin

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35 portend (verb) indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

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36 bestrew (verb) cover by strewing

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37 magisterial (adjective satellite) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

(adjective satellite) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisteri

(adjective) of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"

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38 sleight (noun) adroitness in using the hands

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39 obnoxious (adjective satellite) causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

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40 nationality (noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

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41 mesmerize (verb) induce hypnosis in

(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

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42 exuberance (noun) overflowing with enthusiasm

(noun) joyful enthusiasm

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43 sapiential (adjective satellite) characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; "a sapiential government"

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44 encore (noun) an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

(verb) request an encore, from a performer

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45 eugenic (adjective) pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced

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46 cadenza (noun) a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

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47 tractable (adjective satellite) readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"

(adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

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48 manufacturer (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product

(noun) someone who manufactures something

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49 servitude (noun) state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

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50 fresco (noun) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster

(noun) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

(verb) paint onto wet plaster on a wall

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51 auxiliary (noun) someone who acts as assistant

(adjective satellite) functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

(adjective satellite) relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"

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52 penurious (adjective satellite) excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

(adjective satellite) not having enough money to pay for necessities

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53 extinct (adjective) of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"

(adjective satellite) of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

(adjective) no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"

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