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| 1 | dexterity | (noun) adroitness in using the hands
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| 2 | endanger | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
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| 3 | proscenium | (noun) the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
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| 4 | priggish | (adjective satellite) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
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| 5 | oration | (noun) an instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"
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| 6 | contemptible | (adjective) deserving of contempt or scorn (adjective satellite) worthy only of being despised and rejected; "a contemptible lack of courage"; "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards
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| 7 | logical | (adjective satellite) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation" (adjective) capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind" (adjective satellite) capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident" (adjective satellite) based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year" (adjective satellite) in accordance with reason or logic; "a logical conclusion"
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| 8 | moribund | (adjective satellite) on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"; "the expiring man was carried home by his two friends" (adjective satellite) not growing or changing; without force or vitality
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| 9 | cantata | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
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| 10 | deify | (verb) exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King" (verb) consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify financial success"
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| 11 | competent | (adjective satellite) adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance" (adjective) properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"
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| 12 | culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
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| 13 | protoplasm | (noun) the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
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| 14 | truism | (noun) an obvious truth
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| 15 | humbug | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun) communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing (verb) trick or deceive
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| 16 | precision | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements"
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| 17 | distend | (verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" (verb) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body" (verb) become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
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| 18 | sacrifice | (noun) (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) (noun) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice" (verb) kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" (verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals (verb) endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" (verb) sell at a loss
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| 19 | personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" (noun) a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"
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| 20 | terse | (adjective satellite) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
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| 21 | employer | (noun) a person or firm that employs workers
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| 22 | irksome | (adjective satellite) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";
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| 23 | outdo | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" (verb) get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
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| 24 | sympathetic | (adjective satellite) having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion" (adjective satellite) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration" (adjective satellite) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" (adjective) expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" (adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" (adjective) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
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| 25 | absurd | (adjective satellite) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman (adjective satellite) completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a co
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| 26 | quarterly | (noun) a periodical that is published every quarter (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report" (adverb) in three month intervals; "interest is compounded quarterly" (adverb) in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne quarterly"
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| 27 | seclude | (verb) keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
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| 28 | detriment | (noun) a damage or loss
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| 29 | liturgy | (noun) a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship (noun) a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
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| 30 | Christ | (noun) any expected deliverer (noun) a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
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| 31 | insurgent | (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) (adjective satellite) in opposition to a civil authority or government
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| 32 | pyromania | (noun) an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
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| 33 | anode | (noun) a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device (noun) the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
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| 34 | priory | (noun) religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
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| 35 | gluttonous | (adjective) given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
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| 36 | revelation | (noun) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure (noun) the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle (noun) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency (noun) the speech act of making something evident
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| 37 | acquittance | (noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
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| 38 | vestment | (noun) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
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| 39 | sparse | (adjective satellite) not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
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| 40 | extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
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| 41 | auriferous | (adjective satellite) containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins"
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| 42 | insistence | (noun) urgently demanding attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "he pressed his demand with considerable instancy" (noun) continual and persistent demands (noun) the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters"
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| 43 | unfavorable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds" (adjective) not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments" (adjective satellite) not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"
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| 44 | creak | (noun) a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"
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| 45 | immovable | (adjective satellite) not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills"
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| 46 | radical | (noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" (noun) a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted (noun) a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram (noun) a person who has radical ideas or opinions (noun) (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (noun) an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy part (adjective) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves" (adjective satellite) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" (adjective satellite) markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" (adjective satellite) arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan" (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; "a radical verb form"
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| 47 | convalesce | (verb) get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
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| 48 | incompressible | (adjective) impossible to compress; resisting compression; "mounds of incompressible garbage"
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| 49 | aggravation | (noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment (noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance
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| 50 | indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
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| 51 | fluctuation | (noun) the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" (noun) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change (noun) a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
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| 52 | libel | (noun) the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks (noun) a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person (verb) print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
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