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1 out-of-the-way (adjective satellite) out of the ordinary; "out-of-the-way information"

(adjective satellite) improper or even offensive; "out-of-the-way remarks"; "did you notice anything out-of-the-way?"

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2 incomplete (adjective) not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"

(adjective) lacking one or more of the four whorls of the complete flower--sepals or petals or stamens or pistils; "an incomplete flower"

(adjective satellite) not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"

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3 aeronaut (noun) someone who operates an aircraft

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4 sacrilege (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

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5 sentience (noun) the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

(noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"

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6 subtrahend (noun) the number to be subtracted from the minuend

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7 hybrid (noun) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

(noun) a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"

(noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

(adjective satellite) produced by crossbreeding

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8 pervasion (noun) the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

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9 stationary (adjective satellite) not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"

(adjective satellite) standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running"

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10 contingency (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result

(noun) the state of being contingent on something

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11 glacier (noun) a slowly moving mass of ice

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12 confer (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"

(verb) present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

(adverb) compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

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13 proficiency (noun) the quality of having great facility and competence

(noun) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"

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14 irruption (noun) a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"

(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

(noun) a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

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15 probe (noun) an investigation conducted using a probe instrument

(noun) an exploratory action or expedition

(noun) a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities

(noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

(verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely

(verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"

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16 stratagem (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation

(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

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17 outride (verb) ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors"

(verb) a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"

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18 iridescence (noun) the visual property of something having a milky brightness

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19 pioneer (noun) one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

(noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

(verb) open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"

(verb) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

(verb) open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

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20 proscription (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

(noun) a decree that prohibits something

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21 aspire (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

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22 impulsion (noun) the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

(noun) a force that moves something along

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23 latent (adjective satellite) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes"

(adjective satellite) potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent"

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24 octavo (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves

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25 implausible (adjective satellite) highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"

(adjective) having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse"

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26 infamy (noun) evil fame or public reputation

(noun) a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

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27 obviate (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

(verb) do away with

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28 bungle (noun) an embarrassing mistake

(verb) spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"

(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

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29 rue (noun) (French) a street or road in France

(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"

(noun) leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

(noun) European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

(verb) feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

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30 subjugate (verb) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

(verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue

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31 inhume (verb) place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

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32 counterbalance (noun) an equivalent counterbalancing weight

(noun) a compensating equivalent

(noun) equality of distribution

(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

(verb) oppose with equal weight or force

(verb) adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

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33 stimulus (noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

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34 officiate (verb) perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"

(verb) act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"

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35 armada (noun) a large fleet

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36 absorb (verb) cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

(verb) engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

(verb) engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"

(verb) take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

(verb) assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"

(verb) take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

(verb) become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"

(verb) take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"

(verb) suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"

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37 browbeat (verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

(verb) be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

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38 constable (noun) a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

(noun) a police officer of the lowest rank

(noun) English landscape painter (1776-1837)

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39 pedestrian (noun) a person who travels by foot

(adjective satellite) lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

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40 dispensation (noun) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)

(noun) an exemption from some rule or obligation

(noun) a share that has been dispensed or distributed

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41 disavowal (noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of

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42 cede (verb) relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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43 carouse (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

(verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night"

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44 inaudible (adjective) impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"

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45 stagnant (adjective satellite) not growing or changing; without force or vitality

(adjective satellite) not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"

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46 reminiscence (noun) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"

(noun) a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

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47 contemplate (verb) reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

(verb) consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

(verb) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"

(verb) look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"

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48 aggravate (verb) make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

(verb) exasperate or irritate

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49 furtherance (noun) the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"

(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

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50 undersized (adjective satellite) smaller than normal for its kind

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