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1 excusable (adjective satellite) easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"

(adjective) capable of being overlooked

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2 repudiate (verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

(verb) cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

(verb) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

(verb) refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"

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3 fragile (adjective satellite) vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

(adjective satellite) easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

(adjective satellite) lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"

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4 extensible (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out; "an extensile tongue"; "an extensible measuring rule"

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5 inbred (adjective) produced by inbreeding

(adjective satellite) normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"

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6 laundress (noun) a working woman who takes in washing

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7 innocuous (adjective satellite) lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"

(adjective) not injurious to physical or mental health

(adjective satellite) not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"

(adjective satellite) unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man"

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8 propaganda (noun) information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

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9 perturb (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"

(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

(verb) cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"

(verb) disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

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10 equivocate (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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11 impious (adjective) lacking piety or reverence for a god

(adjective satellite) lacking piety and reverence for a god

(adjective satellite) lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

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12 arraign (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

(verb) call before a court to answer an indictment

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13 inexpensive (adjective) relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

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14 apprehensible (adjective satellite) capable of being apprehended or understood

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15 fawn (noun) young deer

(noun) a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"

(verb) have fawns; "deer fawn"

(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

(verb) show submission or fear

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16 pinnacle (noun) (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

(noun) a lofty peak

(noun) the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of

(verb) raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"

(verb) surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"

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17 abbot (noun) the superior of an abbey of monks

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18 wiry (adjective satellite) lean and sinewy

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19 compensate (verb) make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"

(verb) do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

(verb) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

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

(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"

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20 rejoin (verb) answer back

(verb) join again

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21 mollify (verb) make less rigid or softer

(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

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22 auricle (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

(noun) a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart

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23 necropolis (noun) a tract of land used for burials

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24 hypnotic (noun) a drug that induces sleep

(adjective satellite) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

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25 entwine (verb) spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"

(verb) tie or link together

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26 reconsider (verb) consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"

(verb) consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, in legislation

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27 sylph (noun) an elemental being believed to inhabit the air

(noun) a slender graceful young woman

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28 disobedience (noun) the failure to obey

(noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey

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29 eminent (adjective satellite) of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"

(adjective satellite) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"

(adjective satellite) having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

(adjective satellite) standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

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30 rearrange (verb) put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room"

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31 detract (verb) take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"

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32 summary (noun) a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

(adjective satellite) briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

(adjective satellite) performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice"

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33 gambol (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"

(verb) play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

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34 Spartan (noun) a resident of Sparta

(adjective satellite) practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

(adjective satellite) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"

(adjective satellite) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

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35 incontrovertible (adjective satellite) necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths"

(adjective satellite) impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

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36 quite (adverb) to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"

(adverb) to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

(adverb) of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"

(adverb) actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

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37 pedant (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

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38 unspeakable (adjective satellite) defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"

(adjective satellite) exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

(adjective satellite) too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

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39 brotherhood (noun) the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers

(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

(noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

(noun) the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

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40 principal (noun) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

(noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

(noun) an actor who plays a principal role

(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

(noun) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

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41 foreordain (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand

(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree

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42 credulous (adjective) disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"

(adjective satellite) showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"

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43 valediction (noun) the act of saying farewell

(noun) a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class

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44 inadvertent (adjective satellite) without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

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45 modernity (noun) the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"

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46 collide (verb) crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

(verb) cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"

(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"

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47 nil (noun) a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

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48 furtive (adjective satellite) secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"

(adjective satellite) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"

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49 gregarious (adjective satellite) seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious person who avoids solitude"

(adjective) tending to form a group with others of the same kind; "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious animal"

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50 hilarious (adjective satellite) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"

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51 philanthropic (adjective satellite) generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a philanthropic society"

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52 lunatic (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

(noun) an insane person

(adjective satellite) insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

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53 outcry (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

(verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

(verb) shout louder than

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54 pittance (noun) an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"

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