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1 | luminescent | (adjective satellite) emitting light not caused by heat
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2 | Iliad | (noun) a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
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3 | pious | (adjective) having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings" (adjective satellite) devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken
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4 | infernal | (noun) an inhabitant of hell; "his roar made the infernals quake" (adjective satellite) expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamn (adjective satellite) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "in (adjective) being of a lower world of the dead; "infernal regions" (adjective) characteristic of or resembling hell; "infernal heat and noise" (adjective) relating to or inhabiting hell; "his infernal majesty"; "infernal fires"; "infernal punishments"
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5 | frizzle | (verb) fry something until it curls and becomes crisp (verb) curl tightly; "crimp hair"
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6 | impetuosity | (noun) rash impulsiveness
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7 | left-handed | (adjective satellite) not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse (adjective satellite) ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment" (adjective satellite) rotating to the left (adjective satellite) (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior (adjective satellite) (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent" (adjective) using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
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8 | prescient | (adjective satellite) perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extroardinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
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9 | matricide | (noun) murder of your mother (noun) a person who murders their mother
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10 | wean | (verb) gradually deprive (infants) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk" (verb) detach the affections of
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11 | recrudescence | (noun) a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"
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12 | pendulous | (adjective satellite) having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
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13 | humiliate | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
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14 | conceit | (noun) the trait of being vain and conceited (noun) feelings of excessive pride
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15 | resumption | (noun) beginning again
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16 | bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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17 | turpitude | (noun) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"
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18 | facial | (noun) care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams (noun) cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles (adjective) of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object (adjective) of or concerning the face; "a facial massage"; "facial hair"; "facial expression"
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19 | archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
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20 | cornucopia | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant
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21 | azure | (noun) a light shade of blue (verb) color azure; "Morning azured the village" (adjective satellite) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
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22 | devilry | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others (noun) wicked and cruel behavior
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23 | synonym | (noun) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
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24 | terrify | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly
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25 | adjudge | (verb) declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
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26 | audacious | (adjective satellite) disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" (adjective satellite) unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick materi (adjective satellite) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
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27 | partition | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart (noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) (noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit (verb) separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off" (verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
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28 | discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced" (verb) look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
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29 | psychic | (noun) a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception (adjective satellite) outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena" (adjective satellite) affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" (adjective) pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; "psychic reader"; "psychical research"
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30 | ampersand | (noun) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
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31 | dismissal | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) (noun) a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial (noun) permission to go; the sending away of someone (noun) official notice that you have been fired from your job
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32 | maintain | (verb) observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" (verb) support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" (verb) state categorically (verb) state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" (verb) maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" (verb) supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" (verb) maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" (verb) of power or authority (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the an (verb) keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
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33 | Titanic | (adjective satellite) of great force or power
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34 | manifesto | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
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35 | needy | (adjective satellite) poor enough to need help from others
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36 | repulsive | (adjective satellite) so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" (adjective satellite) offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
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37 | invincible | (adjective satellite) incapable of being overcome or subdued; "an invincible army"; "her invincible spirit"
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38 | microscopy | (noun) research with the use of microscopes
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39 | postgraduate | (noun) a student who continues studies after graduation (adjective satellite) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"
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40 | lough | (noun) Irish word for a lake (noun) a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
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41 | impolitic | (adjective) not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
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42 | guinea | (noun) a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world (noun) a republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 (noun) offensive terms for a person of Italian descent (noun) a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
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43 | lenient | (adjective satellite) characterized by tolerance and mercy (adjective satellite) not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules" (adjective satellite) tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children"
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44 | manliness | (noun) the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
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45 | disillusion | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions (verb) free from enchantment
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46 | termination | (noun) the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" (noun) something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" (noun) a place where something ends or is complete (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
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47 | underling | (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
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48 | corollary | (noun) (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition (noun) a practical consequence that follows naturally; "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"
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49 | synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves"
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50 | gourmand | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
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51 | influential | (adjective) having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"
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52 | sedate | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" (adjective satellite) characterized by dignity and propriety (adjective satellite) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
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53 | oblivion | (noun) total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep" (noun) the state of being disregarded or forgotten
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54 | emanate | (verb) give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" (verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"
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