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| 1 | bereave | (verb) deprive through death
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| 2 | deprecate | (verb) belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" (verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore
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| 3 | extremist | (noun) a person who holds extreme views (adjective satellite) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
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| 4 | casualty | (noun) a decrease of military personnel or equipment (noun) an accident that causes someone to die (noun) someone injured or killed in an accident (noun) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
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| 5 | miser | (noun) a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
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| 6 | inland | (adjective) situated away from an area's coast or border (adverb) towards or into the interior of a region; "the town is five miles inland"
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| 7 | mantle | (noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" (noun) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell (noun) the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders" (noun) anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" (noun) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core (noun) United States baseball player (1931-1997) (verb) cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building" (verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle
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| 8 | unction | (noun) anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual (noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation (noun) smug self-serving earnestness (noun) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
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| 9 | mandate | (noun) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory (noun) a document giving an official instruction or command (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves (verb) assign authority to (verb) make mandatory; "the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests" (verb) assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
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| 10 | deleterious | (adjective satellite) harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
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| 11 | somber | (adjective satellite) grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" (adjective satellite) lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
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| 12 | Protestant | (noun) the Protestant churches and denominations collectively (noun) an adherent of Protestantism (adjective satellite) making a protest (adjective) of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
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| 13 | brogan | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe
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| 14 | apparition | (noun) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger" (noun) something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" (noun) the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter" (noun) a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
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| 15 | consecrate | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites (verb) dedicate to a deity by a vow (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" (verb) appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
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| 16 | lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern (noun) a print produced by lithography (verb) make by lithography
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| 17 | subterfuge | (noun) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
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| 18 | vertical | (noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" (noun) something that is oriented vertically (adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height" (adjective) upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
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| 19 | microcosm | (noun) a miniature model of something
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| 20 | illusory | (adjective satellite) based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decisi
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| 21 | inarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommital"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
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| 22 | garnish | (noun) any decoration added as a trimming or adornment (noun) something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods (verb) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
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| 23 | fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid (verb) cause to explode violently and with loud noise (verb) come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated" (verb) criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
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| 24 | submersible | (noun) a warship designed to operate under water (noun) an apparatus intended for use under water (adjective) capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged; "a submersible pump"; "a submergible electric frying pan"
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| 25 | glorious | (adjective satellite) having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" (adjective satellite) bringing great happiness and thankfulness; "glorious freedom"; "glorious times" (adjective) having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature" (adjective satellite) characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" (adjective satellite) having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family"
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| 26 | Epicurean | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (adjective satellite) furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishnes (adjective satellite) devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" (adjective) of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy"
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| 27 | causal | (adjective satellite) involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"
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| 28 | precise | (adjective satellite) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" (adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
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| 29 | indignity | (noun) an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
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| 30 | typical | (adjective satellite) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" (adjective satellite) conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior" (adjective) exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typi
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| 31 | ancestry | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline (noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
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| 32 | loch | (noun) Scottish word for a lake (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
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| 33 | complaisance | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
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| 34 | vagabond | (noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea" (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro (adjective satellite) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" (adjective satellite) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
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| 35 | fallacy | (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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| 36 | inactive | (adjective) not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" (adjective) not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" ; "an inactive member of the department" (adjective) lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" (adjective) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly (adjective) lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith (adjective) of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" (adjective) of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" (adjective) not active or exerting influence (adjective satellite) temporarily inactive (adjective satellite) not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" (adjective satellite) not engaged in military action (adjective satellite) not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
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| 37 | authenticity | (noun) undisputed credibility
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| 38 | levy | (noun) the act of drafting into military service (noun) a charge imposed and collected (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" (verb) impose and collect; "levy a fine"
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| 39 | slight | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) (verb) pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" (adjective satellite) being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" (adjective satellite) almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work" (adjective satellite) having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
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| 40 | termagant | (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
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| 41 | accompaniment | (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them (noun) a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts (noun) an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
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| 42 | paraphernalia | (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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| 43 | perjury | (noun) criminal offense of making false statements under oath
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| 44 | kernel | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" (noun) a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
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| 45 | fluent | (adjective satellite) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" (adjective satellite) smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose" (adjective satellite) easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves"
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| 46 | materialize | (verb) come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
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| 47 | accomplice | (noun) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
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| 48 | pastoral | (noun) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) (noun) a letter from a pastor to the congregation (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life (adjective satellite) suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age" (adjective satellite) used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" (adjective) of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter" (adjective) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
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| 49 | sanctity | (noun) the quality of being holy
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| 50 | eliminate | (verb) eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" (verb) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" (verb) terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" (verb) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations (verb) dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" (verb) remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" (verb) do away with
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| 51 | retort | (noun) a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" (verb) answer back
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| 52 | foggy | (adjective satellite) obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window" (adjective satellite) filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" (adjective satellite) indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" (adjective satellite) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
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