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| 1 | saponaceous | (adjective) having the qualities of soap (and liable to slip away)
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| 2 | opportunist | (noun) a person who places expediency above principle (adjective satellite) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
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| 3 | reestablish | (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"
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| 4 | bowler | (noun) a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen (noun) rolls balls down an alley at pins (noun) delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
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| 5 | cajolery | (noun) flattery intended to persuade
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| 6 | comprehensive | (adjective satellite) being the most comprehensive of its class; "an unabridged dictionary" (adjective) including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" (adjective satellite) broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
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| 7 | lifelike | (adjective satellite) unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction" (adjective satellite) evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
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| 8 | penchant | (noun) a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
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| 9 | second-rate | (adjective satellite) moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"
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| 10 | truculent | (adjective satellite) defiantly aggressive; "as truculent as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody" (adjective satellite) aggressively hostile; "a truculent speech against the new government"
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| 11 | disconsolate | (adjective satellite) causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" (adjective) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"
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| 12 | afterthought | (noun) an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought" (noun) thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase"
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| 13 | aboriginal | (noun) a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived (adjective satellite) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" (adjective) being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
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| 14 | lucrative | (adjective satellite) producing a good profit; "a remunerative business"
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| 15 | contuse | (verb) injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"
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| 16 | symphony | (noun) a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra (noun) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies; "we heard the Vienna symphony"
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| 17 | elude | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" (verb) escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
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| 18 | boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
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| 19 | belle | (noun) a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
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| 20 | laggard | (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (adjective satellite) wasting time (adjective satellite) inclined to waste time and lag behind
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| 21 | variance | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" (noun) the quality of being subject to variation (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" (noun) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value (noun) discord that splits a group (noun) an event that departs from expectations
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| 22 | oakum | (noun) loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
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| 23 | coercive | (adjective satellite) serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"
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| 24 | overrun | (noun) too much production or more than expected (verb) run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway" (verb) seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land" (verb) invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" (verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" (adjective satellite) (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
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| 25 | bountiful | (adjective satellite) producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil" (adjective satellite) given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and
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| 26 | chiffon | (noun) a sheer fabric of silk or rayon (adjective satellite) as thin and soft as chiffon; "chiffon taffeta"
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| 27 | involve | (verb) make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" (verb) occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" (verb) wrap; "The tower was involved in mist" (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) contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" (verb) have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes" (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" (verb) engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
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| 28 | reconstruct | (verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" (verb) reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" (verb) build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
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| 29 | denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to
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| 30 | obsolescence | (noun) the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date; "a policy of planned obsolescence"
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| 31 | denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep" (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place
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| 32 | decapod | (noun) cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones (noun) crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
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| 33 | maritime | (adjective satellite) bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime cultures" (adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"
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| 34 | clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing
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| 35 | variable | (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values (noun) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity (noun) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered" (noun) a star that varies noticeably in brightness (adjective satellite) (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights" (adjective) liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses" (adjective satellite) marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"
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| 36 | deference | (noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
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| 37 | intemperance | (noun) immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites (noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks (noun) the quality of being intemperate
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| 38 | Anglophobia | (noun) dislike (or fear) of England and English customs
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| 39 | ablution | (noun) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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| 40 | finale | (noun) the concluding part of any performance (noun) the closing section of a musical composition (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
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| 41 | creamy | (adjective satellite) of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles" (adjective satellite) thick like cream
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| 42 | embarrass | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
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| 43 | misogyny | (noun) hatred of women
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| 44 | recant | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
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| 45 | discussion | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" (noun) an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
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| 46 | afresh | (adverb) again but in a new or different way; "start afresh"; "wanted to write the story anew"; "starting life anew in a fresh place"
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| 47 | intelligible | (adjective satellite) capable of being apprehended or understood (adjective) well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"
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| 48 | embolden | (verb) give encouragement to
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| 49 | vainglory | (noun) outspoken conceit
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| 50 | remission | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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| 51 | disrupt | (verb) interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" (verb) throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process" (verb) make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
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| 52 | indicant | (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time (noun) something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
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| 53 | hostility | (noun) acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked (noun) a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" (noun) the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" (noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will
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| 54 | noxious | (adjective) injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
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| 55 | hardihood | (noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"
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