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Ambiguity
Ancestors
Ancestors
+ Ancillary
Antifreeze
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Apprise US
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Artifact
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Ascertaining
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Asylum — 62; a sanctuary, as a temple, where criminals, debtors,
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ager willingness oF readine
8S wavottist concern for the welfare of others; selflessness:
Jor motivated by altrulsmy unselfish
# or motivated by altruism; unselfish
he quality oF state of being ambiguous
AF any person from whom one Is descended, esp, one earlier in a family line than a
grandparent; forefather; forebear
any person from whom one Is descended, esp, one &
farlier ina family line than @
grandparent; forefather; forebear
“Jt subordinate
10 the water In the radiator
1 substance of low freezing point added to a liquid, esp. t
stan automobile oF to gasoline in the tank, to prevent freezing
4/2 10 fill with horror or dismay; shock
4-1f heact of applying: application
{0 inform or notify
of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon
vessel, etc.
(AP comare certain or definite
(Abc, 0 make certain or definite
= to set an estimated value on (property, etc.) for taxation
ete, were safe from arrest
(oF the act or sense of hearing
Aver “59> todeciare to be true; state positively; affirm
+ Ballete.nane
Bawdy
+ Bellwesner
Beneaw (+t
Bibliog. aphy
+ Bibulous
1 person enthusiastic about the ballet
hharacteristic of a baw; Indecent or humorously coarse; lewd
| _imale sheep, usually wearing a beil, tat leads the flock
2 ma lower place; below +
jhe study of the editions, dates, authorship, ete, of books and other writings
highly absorbent
Billow 8% (Az, large wave; great swell of water
“Bolter 24 yt"
Boredo.n 2-7
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Brevity 914/414) the qu
«long, natrow cushicn or pilldw
‘214 «na condition of being bored; ennui
to remove passages considered offensive from (a book, play, etc.)
of being brief; shortness of time
Buffet Fé» dlow with the hand or fist
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catalyst
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Cloister
Comatose
Composuse:
Concludes.
condemn
Conflict
Consciousness
Contaminated
Contemplation
Contribution
Controversy
Convictions
Crude
cruise
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Curative
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rn of a hazard,
4 tating abject anchored in a lake, river, etc: to mark a channel, wai
a tigure or design formed by some Kind of cutting. f
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soinething that causes activity between two or more persons oF forces without its
beingaffected |
‘a heraldic device in the shape ofan inverted V
any of a genus (Pon) of great apes of Africa, with black halr and large, outstanding
‘ears: itis smaller than a gorilla and Is noted for Its intelligence
1a group of persons singing in unison.
a place of religious seclusion: monastery or convent
of like, or in a coma or stupor
calmness of mind of manner; tranquility; self-possession
to bring to a close; end; finish
to pass an adverse judgment on; disapprove of strongly; censure
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in
opposition; clash %
the state of being conscious; awareness of one’s own feelings, what is happening
around one, ete.
to make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with or addition of
something; pollute; defile; sully; taint
thoughtful inspection, study, etc
the act of contributing
a lengthy discussion of an important question in which opposing opinions clash;
debate; disputation
The judgment ofa jury or judge that a person is guilty ofa crime as charged
in a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for use; not refined or processed
to sail from place to place, as for pleasure or in search of something
deserving blame; blameworthy
‘of or for the curing of disease
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anything that restains oF controls: restraint; check,
oat ‘ hastily, often superficially, done; performed rapidly with litle attention to detail
curtailed to cut short; reduce; abridge
eynosure any person or thing that Isa center of attention or interest
Decimate to select by lot and kill every tenth one of
Deter to keep or discourage (a Person, BrOUP, OF nation) from doing something PY instilling
i fear, anxiety, doubt etc
Diatrive a bitter, abusive eriticism or denunciation
Dictatorial of like, or characteristic of a dictator; autocrat tyrannical; domineering
biligent persevering and careful in work; industrious
Distinguished celebrated; eminent
Divisive causing division; esp., causing disagreement or dissension
Dostrine something taught; teachings
Dubious feeling doubt; hesitating; skeptical
Dusk dark in color; dusky; shadowy
Ecosystems a system made up of a community of animals, plants, and bacteria interrelated
together with its physical and chemical environment
Eestauic of, having the nature of, or characterized by ecstasy
Ecstasy an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden intense feeling
Eligible fit to be chosen; legally or morally qualified
Empathy the projection of one’s own personality into the personality of another in order t°
Ainderstand the person better; ability to share In another's ‘emotions, thoughts, °F
feelings
Empivical relying or based solely on experiment and observation rather than theory
Encouraging giving courage, hope, or confidence
Envisage to face; confront
Equalized to make equal
Erroneous containing or based on error; mistaken; wrong
Erudite having or showing a wide knowledge geined from reading; learned scholarly
Espouse to take asa spouse, esp. 2s a wife; marry
Essentially of or constituting the intrinsic, fundamental nature of something; basic; inherent
Esteemed to have great regard for; value highly; respect
Eulogy speech or writing in erst ‘ing:
reo eke ee ae ae person, event, or thing; esp., a formal speech praising
Evaluate to find the value or amount of.
Evaporate
to change (a liquid or solid) into vapor; drive out or draw off in the form of vapor
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‘a twisting or distortion, of the face, as In expressing pain, contempt, 238
Grimaces
{wry took as in seeking to amuse
a a place of refuge, safety, etc. retreat; shelter
Hee \ the transmission of characterstés from parent to offspring bY ate eel
the ehromosomes ) the tendency of offspring 10 resemble paren
through such transmission
Humnanitarlan a person devoted to promoting the welfare of humanity, €5P- through the elimination
ff pain and suffering; philanthropist
Humdrum lacking variety; dull; monotonous; boring
Hypocrisy 4 pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; €5P 4 pretense
of virtue, piety, ete
lexberg 1 great mass of ice broken off from a glacier and floating in the s¢8
Implicate to show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc
Implied involved, suggested, or understood without being openly ar directiy expressed
Ampure not pure
Inconsistent hot consistent; not in agreement, harmony, oF accord; incompatible
Incredible rot eredible; unbelievable
Indigenous costing, growing, or produced naturally in a region or country; Belonging (to) as a
native
Inovitable unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary
Interence an act or the process of inferring
tnslux 4 flowing in inflow, a8 of a liquid, gas, ete. b) a continual coming in of persons OF
things
Inunitable that cannot be imitated or matched; too good to be equaled or copied
Initiating bring Into practice or Use; introduce by first doing or using; start
Instinet (an) inborn tendency to behave In a way characteristic of a species) naturel
Unlearned; predictable response to stimu
Incimidate to make timid; make afraid; daunt
Invigorate to glve vigor to; fill with enerey; enliven A
Laudatory expressing praise; eulogistic; commendatory also
Lourel ‘of a genus (Laurus) of evergreen trees or shrubs of the laurel family
bax Joose; emptying easily (sald of the bowels)
Uturgy prescribed forms or itual for public worship in any of various religions or churches
Lowers in a place or on a level below another
Martinet a very stelet military disciptinarian |
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an unbranded animal, esp. a strayed calf, a lone dissenter, as an intellectual an artis.
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Meticulous
Modesty
Morass
Narrate
Natives
Negotiate
Nicaragua
Nomadic
Novelty
Oblivion
Oblivious
Obstruction
Obvious
oddly
Ornamental
Pacifier
Paleolithic
Palisade
Panegyric
Panhandler
Parisian
Passes
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or pollician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates
neither very good nor very bad; ordinary; average
extremely or excessively careful about detalls; scrupulous or finicky
the quality or state of being modest; unassuming or humble behavior
a tract of low, soft, watery ground; bog; marsh; swamp: often used figuratively of 2
difficult, troublesome, or perplexing state of affairs
to tell (a story) in writing or speech
inborn or innate rather than acquired
to moke arrangements for, settle, or conclude (2 bu:
‘country in Central America,
‘A member of 2 group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the
seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
ss transaction, treaty, etc.)
the quality of being novel; newness; freshness.
the condition or fact of being forgotten
forgetful or unmindful: usually with of or to
something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle
‘or hindrance
‘easy to see or understand; plain; evident
being one of a pair of which the other is missing
serving as or pertaining to an ornament; decorative
someune who tries to bring peace, 2 rubber or plastic device, often shaped into a
nipple, for a baby to suck or bite on
designating or of an Old World cultural period (2 million-c. 10,000 8.C.)
any one of a row of large pointed stakes set. in the ground to form a fence used for
fortification or defense
«a formal speech or piece of writing pratsing a person or event
‘a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets
of or like Par
its people, or culture
a narrow passage or opening, esp. between mountains; gap; defile
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Prevalent
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Probable
Prosale
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Rapacious
Rebellion,
Reciial
Redundant
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Rescue
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@ person who makes peace, as by settling the disagreements or quarrels of others
small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water
to make a hole or holes through, as by punching or boring; plerce; penetrate
to do or perform (something evil, criminal, or offensive); be guilty of
the act of picking up, as in fielding a rapidly rolling baseball
arousing or deserving pity
seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief
se
ningly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief
designating or of the first epoch of the Quaternary
characterized by the spreading and recession of continental ice sheets
appearence of modern humans
a stilt with pedals and a spring at one end, used as a toy to mov
bounds
period in the Cenozoic Era,
and by the
fe along in a series of
the quality of being precise; exactness, accuracy, etc.
to determine, decide, or decree beforehand
ion supporting or helping to support @
a tract of land including its buildings , a propositi
conclusion
to gain the advantage or mastery; be victorious; trlumphn often with over or ag7ins!
stronger, more effective, etc; dominant
of or existing in the beginning or the earliest times or ages; ancient; original
lively to occur or be; that can reasonably but not certainly be expected
of orlike prose rather then poetry; often, specific, heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc:
to follow up or pursue (something) to a conclusion
to try to convert (2 person), esp, to one’s religion
producing 2 sharp sensation of teste and smell; acrid
odd; ebmical
capable of giving off, rediant energy in the form of particles or rays, as alpha, bet2,
‘and gamma rays, by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclel
taking by force; plundering
dan act or state of armed resistance to one’s government
4a) a reciting; specific, a telling of facts, events, ete. in detall b) what Is so told;
account, story, or description
‘more than enough; overabundant; excess; superfluous
a military unit consisting of two or more battalions and forming a basic element of a
division
to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, et,
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Retaliate
Reverenes
Scandalou.
Scanning
Seanty
scarce
Serutinizin
Serene
Simultanevus
Skyrocketed
‘Stoggish
Sophisticaied
Speculatio. +
Stabilized
Straighten
Strip
ty withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of
to return lke for lke; esp, to return evil for evil; pay back injury for injury
a feeling or attitude of deep respect, love, and awe, as for sonvething sacred;
veneration
to {gel remorse or repentance for (atin, fault, etc.)
general talk not based on definite knowledge; mere gossip; hearsay
0) the rescue of a ship and cargo at sea from peril such as fire, shipwreck, capture,
etc. b) compensation paid to those who assist in the rescue operations ¢) the ship or
caigo $0 rescued d) the restoration of a sunken or wrecked ship or its cargo 35 PY
divers
the act of a recognized authority confirming or ratifying an action; authorized
approval or permission
causing scandal; offensive to 2 sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings of
the
to analyze (verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and
syllables and marking the metrical feet
barely suffi
nt; not ample; meager
not common; rarely seen
to look at very carefully; examine closely; inspect minutely
not disturbed or troubled; calm, peaceful, tranquil, etc.
occurring, done, existing, etc. together or at the same time
a fireworks rocket that explodes in midair in a shower of colored sparks
lecking energy, alertness, or vigor; indisposed to exertion; slothful
not simple, artless, nalve, etc; urbane, worldly-wise, ete, or knowledgeable,
perceptive, subtle, etc.
the act of speculating, or meditating, a thought or conjecture
to make stable, or fim
to wake or become less confused, easier to deal with, ete,
to seprive of covering: to strip a frult of its rind ,to remove (the clothing or covering)
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succinct
Sutfiient
surpuisingly
‘Sustein
sybasite
Trade
Travina
Trem
Trooper
Trucvient
Turn
Unscrupulous
Varsity
Verbinge
Versiva
Vicious
Victin
Victor
Violate
Vitality
Wickes
Witnesses
Yawn
cade =) ee eres
of oF from (a person); make naked; undress
to make seer foolish, stupld, Inconslst
dull or torpid
tej make absurd or ridiculous, to make
clearly and briefly stated; terse
as much as is needed equal to what Is specified oF required; enough
causing surprise; amazing
to keep in existence; Keep up; maintain or protong,
any of the people of ancient
4 Yong, vehement speech, esp. one of denunciation; harangue
€ bodily injury, wound, or shock
to cut, cut into, cut off, ete, slice, gash, ete.
an enlisted soldier in the mounted cavalry
fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
to make (a wheel, globe, etc.) move about a central point oF xI5; revolve of rotate
not scrupulous; not restrained by ideas of right and wrong unprincipled
the main team that represents a university, college, or school in some competition,
esp. an athletic one
fan excess of words beyond those needed to express concisely what Is meant
wordiness
2 particular form or variant of something
a) given to or characterized by vice; evil, corrupt
unwholesome, or noxious
or depraved, harmful,
4 person or animal killed as a sacrifice to @ god ina religious rite
the winner in a battle, struggle, etc
to break (a law, rule, promise, etc.); fall to keep or observe; infringe on
power to live or go on living,
‘morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved; iniquitous
an attesting of a fact, statement, etc, evidence; testimony
{0 open the mouth wide, esp. involuntarily, and breathe in deeply, as a result of
fatigue, drowsiness, or boredom
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