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| 1 | omission | (noun) a mistake resulting from neglect (noun) neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something (noun) any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases (noun) something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"
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| 2 | embark | (verb) set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career" (verb) go on board (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
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| 3 | inestimable | (adjective satellite) beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"
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| 4 | intromit | (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
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| 5 | fallow | (noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons (adjective satellite) undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market" (adjective satellite) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"
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| 6 | egoism | (noun) attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means)
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| 7 | usury | (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
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| 8 | resistless | (adjective satellite) offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt (adjective) impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
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| 9 | ungainly | (adjective satellite) lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" (adjective satellite) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
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| 10 | ailment | (noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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| 11 | neology | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase (noun) a newly invented word or phrase
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| 12 | placid | (adjective satellite) free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruf (adjective satellite) taking life easy; "an easygoing man rarely stirred to anger"; "an air of placid sufficiency" (adjective satellite) without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times" (adjective satellite) not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"
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| 13 | palette | (noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used (noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor (noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
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| 14 | obligatory | (adjective) morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" (adjective satellite) required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
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| 15 | alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" (verb) make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
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| 16 | emblem | (noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. (noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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| 17 | multiform | (adjective) occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; "the multiform universe of nature and man"- John Dewey
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| 18 | retrieve | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" (verb) of trained dogs (verb) get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
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| 19 | collective | (noun) members of a cooperative enterprise (adjective satellite) set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms" (adjective) forming a whole or aggregate (adjective satellite) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
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| 20 | writing | (noun) the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" (noun) the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" (noun) letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" (noun) the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" (noun) (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
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| 21 | persecution | (noun) the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
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| 22 | heretic | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church (noun) a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
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| 23 | vaudeville | (noun) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
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| 24 | supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
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| 25 | ration | (noun) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" (noun) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" (verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
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| 26 | interrogative | (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" (noun) some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation (adjective) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
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| 27 | lascivious | (adjective satellite) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"
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| 28 | transmission | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted (noun) the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle (noun) communication by means of transmitted signals (noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
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| 29 | bronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
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| 30 | condense | (verb) make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" (verb) compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" (verb) develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" (verb) become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed" (verb) cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam" (verb) remove water from; "condense the milk"
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| 31 | canary | (noun) any of several small Old World finches (noun) a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge (noun) a female singer (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (adjective satellite) having the color of a canary; a light to moderate yellow
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| 32 | sediment | (noun) matter deposited by some natural process (verb) settle as sediment (verb) deposit as a sediment
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| 33 | parlance | (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
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| 34 | liberalism | (noun) an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard (noun) a political orientation that favors progress and reform
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| 35 | relinquish | (verb) relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another (verb) release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" (verb) turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" (verb) part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
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| 36 | vegetal | (adjective satellite) composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" (adjective satellite) (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
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| 37 | positive | (noun) a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject (adjective satellite) involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" (adjective satellite) granting what has been desired or requested; "a favorable reply"; "a positive answer" (adjective satellite) marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" (adjective satellite) impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument" (adjective satellite) formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" (adjective) characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" (adjective satellite) greater than zero; "positive numbers" (adjective) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" (adjective) having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive" (adjective) of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"
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| 38 | insipid | (adjective satellite) not pleasing to the sense of taste (adjective satellite) lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" (adjective satellite) lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel" (adjective satellite) lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
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| 39 | consumptive | (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis (adjective) tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" (adjective satellite) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
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| 40 | asexual | (adjective) not havning or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"
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| 41 | wrest | (verb) obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
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| 42 | assay | (noun) a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. (noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" (noun) a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance (noun) a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components (verb) analyze (chemical substances) (verb) make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
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| 43 | atrocity | (noun) an act of atrocious cruelty (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
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| 44 | prolific | (adjective satellite) bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" (adjective satellite) intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
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| 45 | pulmonary | (adjective) relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease"
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| 46 | pyrotechnic | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. (adjective satellite) suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit" (adjective) of or relating to the craft of making fireworks; "pyrotechnic smokes"
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| 47 | collapse | (noun) the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" (noun) a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in (noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (noun) an abrupt failure of function or health (verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" (verb) suffer a nervous breakdown (verb) break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" (verb) cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" (verb) fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down" (verb) fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"
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| 48 | importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
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| 49 | ascension | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction (noun) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon (noun) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection (noun) a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" (noun) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
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| 50 | burgess | (noun) a citizen of an English borough (noun) English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
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| 51 | magnitude | (noun) the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" (noun) relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude" (noun) a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
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| 52 | testimonial | (noun) something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion" (noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation) of a person or thing as worthy or desirable (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem (adjective) of or relating to or constituting testimony (adjective) expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner"
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| 53 | typography | (noun) the craft of composing type and printing from it (noun) art and technique of printing with movable type
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| 54 | impermissible | (adjective) not permitted; "impermissible behavior" (adjective satellite) not allowable
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