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| 1 | amicable | (adjective) characterized by friendship and good will
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| 2 | epidemic | (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
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| 3 | anemia | (noun) genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America (noun) a deficiency of red blood cells (noun) a lack of vitality
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| 4 | defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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| 5 | assessor | (noun) an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
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| 6 | odium | (noun) hate coupled with disgust (noun) state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
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| 7 | lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries
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| 8 | flexible | (adjective satellite) bending and snapping back readily without breaking (adjective) able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches" (adjective) extended meanings; capable of change; "a flexible character"; "flexible schedules" (adjective) making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" (adjective satellite) able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
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| 9 | translucent | (adjective satellite) almost transparent; allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows"
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| 10 | antiseptic | (noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues (adjective satellite) (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School" (adjective satellite) clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices" (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities" (adjective satellite) made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; "sterilized instruments" (adjective satellite) freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"
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| 11 | monograph | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
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| 12 | rife | (adjective satellite) excessively abundant (adjective satellite) encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"
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| 13 | avarice | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun) extreme greed for material wealth
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| 14 | pentagram | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
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| 15 | perambulate | (verb) walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park" (verb) make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
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| 16 | reparation | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" (noun) the act of putting something in working order again (noun) (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I" (noun) compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"
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| 17 | benefactor | (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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| 18 | invective | (noun) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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| 19 | plea | (noun) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed (noun) (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) (noun) a humble request for help from someone in authority
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| 20 | detest | (verb) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
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| 21 | sorcery | (noun) the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
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| 22 | contender | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
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| 23 | mannerism | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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| 24 | tact | (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
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| 25 | deface | (verb) deface a building facade, for example (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
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| 26 | improvise | (verb) perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" (verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
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| 27 | proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
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| 28 | tipsy | (adjective satellite) very drunk
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| 29 | shrivel | (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" (verb) wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
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| 30 | possible | (noun) something that can be done; "politics is the art of the possible" (noun) an applicant who might be suitable (adjective) existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power" (adjective) capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences" (adjective satellite) possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible answer"
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| 31 | jovial | (adjective satellite) full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"
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| 32 | alluvion | (noun) clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down (noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" (noun) gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
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| 33 | castigate | (verb) censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" (verb) inflict severe punishment on
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| 34 | fidelity | (noun) accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal (noun) the quality of being faithful
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| 35 | Americanism | (noun) a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens (noun) loyalty to the USA and its institutions (noun) an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
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| 36 | foolery | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior
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| 37 | expressive | (adjective satellite) characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"
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| 38 | sapience | (noun) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
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| 39 | cataclysm | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" (noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
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| 40 | latency | (noun) the state of being not yet evident or active (noun) the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it (noun) (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
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| 41 | subversion | (noun) the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
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| 42 | telepathy | (noun) apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
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| 43 | littoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean (adjective) of or relating to a coastal or shore region
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| 44 | predatory | (adjective satellite) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swin (adjective satellite) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" (adjective satellite) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
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| 45 | rapacious | (adjective satellite) devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" (adjective satellite) excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" (adjective satellite) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
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| 46 | scintillate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" (verb) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced" (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" (verb) reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" (verb) give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
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| 47 | bombardier | (noun) the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
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| 48 | vigilant | (adjective satellite) carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
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| 49 | edify | (verb) make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"
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| 50 | zephyr | (noun) (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind (noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
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| 51 | comprehension | (noun) an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" (noun) the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
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| 52 | insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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| 53 | vacuous | (adjective satellite) devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" (adjective satellite) complacently or inanely foolish
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| 54 | prediction | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun) a statement made about the future
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