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| 1 | entree | (noun) the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" (noun) something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" (noun) the right to enter (noun) the principal dish of a meal
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| 2 | recluse | (noun) one who lives in solitude (adjective satellite) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
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| 3 | imminence | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
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| 4 | incarcerate | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
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| 5 | panic | (noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety (noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" (verb) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" (verb) be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
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| 6 | navel | (noun) scar where the umbilical cord was attached (noun) the center point or middle of something
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| 7 | tyranny | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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| 8 | repulse | (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off (verb) force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" (verb) cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" (verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in
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| 9 | outrigger | (noun) a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or pontoon parallel to the hull
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| 10 | augur | (noun) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy (verb) indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" (verb) predict from an omen
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| 11 | prescience | (noun) the power to foresee the future
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| 12 | salutary | (adjective satellite) tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
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| 13 | momentary | (adjective satellite) lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
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| 14 | conservatory | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts (noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
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| 15 | intangible | (noun) assets that are saleable though not material or physical (adjective satellite) lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen; "that intangible thing--the soul" (adjective satellite) hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of impending disaster" (adjective) incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans (adjective) (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will"
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| 16 | justification | (noun) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller (noun) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution" (noun) a statement in explanation of some action or belief
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| 17 | probate | (noun) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements (noun) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate (verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) (verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
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| 18 | intracellular | (adjective) located or occurring within a cell or cells; "intracellular fluid"
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| 19 | sequel | (noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it (noun) something that follows something else
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| 20 | impertinence | (noun) inappropriate playfulness (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties (noun) an impudent statement
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| 21 | tack | (noun) sailing a zigzag course (noun) (nautical) the act of changing tack (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind (noun) gear for a horse (noun) a short nail with a sharp point and a large head (noun) the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) (verb) fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" (verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" (verb) fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board" (verb) make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses" (verb) turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
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| 22 | obesity | (noun) more than average fatness
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| 23 | laud | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
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| 24 | genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy
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| 25 | hinder | (verb) put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
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| 26 | distraught | (adjective satellite) deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"
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| 27 | entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely (verb) occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night" (verb) impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
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| 28 | desultory | (adjective satellite) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"
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| 29 | transfer | (noun) the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" (noun) the act of transporting something from one location to another (noun) transferring ownership (noun) application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation (noun) a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" (verb) transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" (verb) send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" (verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" (verb) move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" (verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" (verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" (verb) cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" (verb) move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
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| 30 | seismograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
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| 31 | pernicious | (adjective satellite) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" (adjective satellite) exceedingly harmful
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| 32 | accessory | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime (adjective satellite) relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
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| 33 | loathe | (verb) find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
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| 34 | masonry | (noun) the craft of a mason (noun) structure built of stone or brick by a mason (noun) Freemasons collectively
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| 35 | salience | (noun) the state of being salient
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| 36 | domination | (noun) social control by dominating (noun) power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"
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| 37 | partible | (adjective satellite) (of e.g. property) can be parted or divided; "a partible estate"
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| 38 | magnate | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
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| 39 | capacious | (adjective satellite) large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"
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| 40 | streamlet | (noun) a small stream
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| 41 | benignity | (noun) a kind act (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle
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| 42 | reluctance | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" (noun) (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
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| 43 | reverent | (adjective satellite) showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" (adjective) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"
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| 44 | medicine | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" (noun) punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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| 45 | apotheosis | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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| 46 | erratic | (adjective satellite) liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" (adjective satellite) likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster (adjective satellite) having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
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| 47 | prim | (verb) dress primly (verb) contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" (verb) assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim" (adjective satellite) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" (adjective satellite) affectedly dainty or refined
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| 48 | minority | (noun) being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" (noun) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part (noun) any age prior to the legal age
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| 49 | lyric | (noun) a short poem of songlike quality (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" (verb) write lyrics for (a song) (adjective satellite) expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" (adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" (adjective) of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry" (adjective) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
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| 50 | preface | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
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| 51 | generic | (adjective satellite) applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?" (adjective satellite) (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'" (adjective) relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"
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| 52 | hackney | (noun) a compact breed of harness horse (noun) a carriage for hire
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| 53 | cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth
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