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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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