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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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