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| 1 | providential | (adjective satellite) peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" (adjective satellite) resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" (adjective) relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen
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| 2 | waive | (verb) lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
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| 3 | moralist | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms (noun) a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
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| 4 | instance | (noun) an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" (noun) an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" (verb) clarify by giving an example of
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| 5 | pretext | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" (noun) something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
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| 6 | hiatus | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure (noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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| 7 | valid | (adjective satellite) still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid" (adjective) well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license"
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| 8 | kimono | (noun) a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese
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| 9 | misogamy | (noun) hatred of marriage
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| 10 | beau | (noun) a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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| 11 | decency | (noun) the quality of being polite and respectable (noun) the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
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| 12 | acerbity | (noun) a sharp and bitter manner (noun) a sharp sour taste (noun) a sharp bitterness
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| 13 | salvage | (noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire (noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction (noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction (verb) collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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| 14 | script | (noun) a particular orthography or writing system (noun) something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance (verb) write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
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| 15 | static | (noun) angry criticism; "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial" (noun) a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference (adjective satellite) showing little if any change; "a static population" (adjective satellite) not active or moving; "a static village community and a completely undynamic type of agriculture"; "static feudal societies" (adjective satellite) not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity; "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"
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| 16 | pharmacopoeia | (noun) a collection or stock of drugs
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| 17 | liable | (adjective satellite) held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
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| 18 | disrepute | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
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| 19 | version | (noun) manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) (noun) something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something (noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language (noun) an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"
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| 20 | bustle | (noun) a rapid bustling commotion (noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
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| 21 | despotism | (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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| 22 | thereabout | (adverb) near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks" (adverb) near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
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| 23 | presentment | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative (noun) a document that must be accepted and paid by another person
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| 24 | pacify | (verb) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia" (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
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| 25 | collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" (verb) cooperate as a traitor; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"
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| 26 | multiplicity | (noun) the property of being multiple (noun) a large number
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| 27 | morality | (noun) concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct (noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
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| 28 | phenomenon | (noun) any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning (noun) a remarkable development
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| 29 | visage | (noun) the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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| 30 | sidelong | (adjective satellite) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" (adjective satellite) inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker (adjective satellite) situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson (adverb) to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" (adverb) with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne (adverb) on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
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| 31 | herbaceous | (adjective satellite) characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
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| 32 | loath | (adjective satellite) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"
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| 33 | elusion | (noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
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| 34 | quandary | (noun) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options (noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
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| 35 | irrepressible | (adjective satellite) impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
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| 36 | matinee | (noun) a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
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| 37 | abidance | (noun) the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) (noun) the act of dwelling in a place (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards
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| 38 | ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
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| 39 | conclusive | (adjective) forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive" (adjective satellite) final and deciding; "the conclusive reason" (adjective satellite) expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal"
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| 40 | interpose | (verb) to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" (verb) introduce; "God interposed death" (verb) be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way" (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
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| 41 | defamation | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name (noun) a malicious attack
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| 42 | votary | (noun) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science" (noun) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite" (noun) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; "monasteries of votaries"
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| 43 | thoroughfare | (noun) a public road from one place to another
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| 44 | canine | (noun) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae (adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
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| 45 | polysyllable | (noun) a word of more than three syllables
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| 46 | outright | (adjective satellite) without reservation or exception (adverb) without any delay; "he was killed outright" (adverb) without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright for a divorce" (adverb) without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; "buy outright"
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| 47 | rigor | (noun) excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" (noun) something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" (noun) the quality of being logically valid
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| 48 | agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster (adjective satellite) clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
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| 49 | mulatto | (noun) an offspring of a Black and a White parent
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| 50 | precedent | (noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time (noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions (noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) (noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States" (adjective satellite) preceding in time, order, or significance
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| 51 | torrid | (adjective satellite) burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" (adjective satellite) emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" (adjective satellite) characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
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| 52 | caprice | (noun) a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
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| 53 | violoncello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
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