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| 1 | bigamist | (noun) someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
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| 2 | encyclopedia | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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| 3 | alacrity | (noun) liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"
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| 4 | designate | (verb) design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" (verb) decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" (verb) assign a name or title to (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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| 5 | pantomime | (noun) a performance using gestures and body movements without words (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
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| 6 | origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" (noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events (noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
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| 7 | solicitor | (noun) a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents (noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
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| 8 | paramount | (adjective satellite) having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
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| 9 | disyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables
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| 10 | polar | (adjective satellite) having a pair of equal and opposite charges (adjective satellite) being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal" (adjective satellite) extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" (adjective satellite) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" (adjective) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions" (adjective) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
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| 11 | massive | (adjective satellite) consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets" (adjective satellite) imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" (adjective satellite) imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes" (adjective satellite) being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
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| 12 | sinuosity | (noun) having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
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| 13 | receivable | (adjective satellite) awaiting payment; "accounts receivable"
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| 14 | tyro | (noun) someone new to a field or activity
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| 15 | exorcise | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits"
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| 16 | unwise | (adjective satellite) not appropriate to the purpose (adjective satellite) showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
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| 17 | expedient | (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one (adjective) serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" (adjective satellite) appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"
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| 18 | intercept | (noun) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis (verb) seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
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| 19 | besmear | (verb) spread or daub (a surface)
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| 20 | appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of
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| 21 | chasm | (noun) a deep opening in the earth's surface
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| 22 | vegetative | (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 (adjective satellite) used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation" (adjective) of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
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| 23 | carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal (noun) dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food
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| 24 | amusement | (noun) a diversion that holds the attention (noun) a feeling of delight at being entertained
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| 25 | migrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" (verb) move periodically or seasonally; "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The worker migrate to where the crops need harvesting"
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| 26 | egotist | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person
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| 27 | onset | (noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" (noun) the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"
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| 28 | prolix | (adjective) tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"
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| 29 | liqueur | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
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| 30 | descry | (verb) catch sight of
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| 31 | hibernal | (adjective satellite) characteristic of or relating to winter; "bears in brumal sleep"
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| 32 | fervid | (adjective satellite) extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope (adjective satellite) characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
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| 33 | patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" (verb) treat condescendingly (verb) assume sponsorship of (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
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| 34 | dissimilar | (adjective) not like; marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" (adjective) not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" (adjective) not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"
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| 35 | demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his se (verb) show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" (verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
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| 36 | gratuity | (noun) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
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| 37 | percolator | (noun) a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
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| 38 | nimble | (adjective satellite) moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" (adjective satellite) mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
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| 39 | unavoidable | (adjective satellite) impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
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| 40 | necessitate | (verb) require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; (verb) cause to be a concomitant
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| 41 | suppress | (verb) to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" (verb) put out of one's consciousness (verb) keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" (verb) control and refrain from showing; of emotions (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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| 42 | vernal | (adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in spring; "the vernal equinox" (adjective satellite) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
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| 43 | sextuple | (adjective satellite) having six units or components
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| 44 | bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
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| 45 | archaic | (adjective satellite) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe" (adjective satellite) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
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| 46 | ubiquitous | (adjective satellite) being present everywhere at once
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| 47 | abhorrent | (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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| 48 | technique | (noun) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" (noun) a practical method or art applied to some particular task
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| 49 | offhand | (adjective satellite) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" (adjective satellite) with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring (adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" (adverb) without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
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| 50 | joust | (noun) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances (verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
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| 51 | exacerbate | (verb) make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" (verb) exasperate or irritate
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| 52 | secretary | (noun) a desk used for writing (noun) a person to whom a secret is entrusted (noun) an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization (noun) a person who is head of an administrative department of government
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| 53 | bemoan | (verb) regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
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| 54 | biography | (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life
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| 55 | whereupon | (adverb) in consequence of which; "this is a statement whereat the listeners may get angry" (adverb) upon which; "the rock whereupon she stood" (adverb) closely following and in consequence of which; "the Japanese refused to import U.S. made cellular phones whereupon the U.S. imposed strict tariffs on Japanese exports"
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