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| 1 | venous | (adjective) of or contained in or performing the function of the veins; "venous inflammation"; "venous blood as contrasted with arterial blood"; "venous circulation"
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| 2 | gaiety | (noun) a festive merry feeling (noun) a gay feeling
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| 3 | retention | (noun) the act of keeping in your possession (noun) the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" (noun) the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
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| 4 | derive | (verb) develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state (verb) come from; "The present name derives from an older form" (verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction (verb) obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
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| 5 | exegesis | (noun) an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
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| 6 | safeguard | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" (noun) a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war (verb) make safe (verb) escort safely
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| 7 | elegy | (noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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| 8 | lattice | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal (noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted (noun) an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
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| 9 | commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" (verb) mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"
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| 10 | amphibious | (adjective) operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals" (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
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| 11 | manor | (noun) the mansion of the lord of the manor (noun) the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
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| 12 | illiberal | (adjective satellite) narrow-minded about cherished opinions
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| 13 | optician | (noun) a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
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| 14 | inefficiency | (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
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| 15 | wreak | (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
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| 16 | treacherous | (adjective satellite) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" (adjective satellite) dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"
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| 17 | bulwark | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away (noun) a fence-like structure around a deck (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" (verb) defend with a bulwark
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| 18 | citadel | (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
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| 19 | paragon | (noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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| 20 | frolicsome | (adjective satellite) given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
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| 21 | duet | (noun) (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) (noun) a musical composition for two performers (noun) a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" (noun) two performers or singers who perform together (noun) two items of the same kind
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| 22 | metric | (noun) a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic (noun) a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric" (noun) a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them (adjective satellite) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables (adjective) based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"
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| 23 | inveigh | (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" (verb) complain bitterly
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| 24 | enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally (verb) disturb the composure of
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| 25 | millet | (noun) small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica (noun) French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) (noun) any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
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| 26 | arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music (noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" (noun) the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" (noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments (noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
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| 27 | imbroglio | (noun) a very embarrassing misunderstanding (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
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| 28 | dwindle | (verb) become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
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| 29 | piece | (noun) a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" (noun) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" (noun) a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" (noun) a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" (noun) an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"; (noun) a distance; "it is down the road a piece" (noun) an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" (noun) a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" (noun) an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" (noun) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" (noun) a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" (noun) a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" (verb) repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" (verb) join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" (verb) to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" (verb) make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
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| 30 | recessive | (adjective) of genes; producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical (adjective) of or pertaining to a recession
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| 31 | abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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| 32 | comparative | (noun) the comparative form of an adjective; "`better' is the comparative of `good'" (adjective satellite) having significance only in relation to something else; "a comparative newcomer" (adjective) relating to or based on or involving comparison; "comparative linguistics"
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| 33 | semiannual | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year
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| 34 | unlawful | (adjective) contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" (adjective satellite) contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" (adjective satellite) having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" (adjective satellite) not morally right or permissible; "unlawful love" (adjective satellite) not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
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| 35 | ardor | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" (noun) intense feeling of love (noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
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| 36 | rondo | (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
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| 37 | utilitarianism | (noun) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
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| 38 | levee | (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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| 39 | corrosion | (noun) erosion by chemical action (noun) a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action
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| 40 | explosion | (noun) the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" (noun) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball (noun) a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage" (noun) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant (noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun) the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away" (noun) a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
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| 41 | demagogue | (noun) an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience
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| 42 | fictitious | (adjective satellite) adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" (adjective satellite) formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
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| 43 | reliant | (adjective satellite) relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil"
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| 44 | fitful | (adjective satellite) intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" (adjective satellite) occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"
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| 45 | machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
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| 46 | misbehavior | (noun) improper or wicked or immoral behavior
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| 47 | equivocal | (adjective satellite) uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal" (adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivo (adjective satellite) open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
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| 48 | interpolation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known (noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
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| 49 | respite | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort (noun) a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
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| 50 | indistinct | (adjective) not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
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| 51 | specie | (noun) coins collectively
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| 52 | beget | (verb) make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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| 53 | fetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
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