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| 1 | vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" (adjective satellite) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
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| 2 | duckling | (noun) young duck (noun) flesh of a young domestic duck
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| 3 | low-spirited | (adjective satellite) low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
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| 4 | purport | (noun) general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the conversation" (noun) the intended meaning of a communication (verb) propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" (verb) have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"
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| 5 | curio | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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| 6 | aroma | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant
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| 7 | misadventure | (noun) an instance of misfortune
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| 8 | amour | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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| 9 | presumption | (noun) a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable" (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" (noun) (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted
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| 10 | linguistics | (noun) the humanistic study of language and literature (noun) the scientific study of language
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| 11 | globose | (adjective satellite) having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
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| 12 | shuffle | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" (verb) walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" (verb) move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"
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| 13 | penalty | (noun) the act of punishing (noun) (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game (noun) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty" (noun) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
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| 14 | scribe | (noun) a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts (noun) informal terms for journalists (noun) French playwright (1791-1861) (verb) score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
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| 15 | luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
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| 16 | rhetoric | (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) (noun) loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" (noun) high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation (noun) using language effectively to please or persuade
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| 17 | epitaph | (noun) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there (noun) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
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| 18 | dramatist | (noun) someone who writes plays
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| 19 | asperity | (noun) harshness of manner (noun) something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
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| 20 | epithet | (noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" (noun) descriptive word or phrase
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| 21 | fissure | (noun) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes (noun) a long narrow opening (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface (verb) break into fissures or fine cracks
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| 22 | malevolent | (adjective satellite) having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" (adjective) wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful" (adjective satellite) extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of gossipers"
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| 23 | preponderant | (adjective satellite) having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
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| 24 | append | (verb) state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" (verb) fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" (verb) add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
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| 25 | laureate | (noun) someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath (adjective satellite) worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
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| 26 | stringency | (noun) conscientious attention to rules and details (noun) a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
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| 27 | ferocity | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
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| 28 | anatomy | (noun) a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes" (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" (noun) the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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| 29 | drudgery | (noun) hard monotonous routine work
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| 30 | indivisible | (adjective) impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"
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| 31 | irritable | (adjective satellite) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" (adjective satellite) capable of responding to stimuli (adjective satellite) abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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| 32 | morbid | (adjective satellite) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" (adjective satellite) suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" (adjective satellite) suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"
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| 33 | defame | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
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| 34 | financial | (adjective) involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
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| 35 | velocity | (noun) distance travelled per unit time
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| 36 | preference | (noun) grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties) (noun) the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" (noun) a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" (noun) a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
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| 37 | impatience | (noun) a dislike of anything that causes delay (noun) a restless desire for change and excitement (noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
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| 38 | conceive | (verb) become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" (verb) have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
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| 39 | itinerant | (noun) an itinerant laborer who works for a short time in various places (adjective satellite) working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company" (adjective satellite) traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"
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| 40 | foreclose | (verb) subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage (verb) keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
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| 41 | brittle | (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets (adjective satellite) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" (adjective satellite) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured (adjective satellite) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"
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| 42 | anxious | (adjective satellite) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" (adjective satellite) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
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| 43 | loiterer | (noun) someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
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| 44 | temporize | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
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| 45 | periodicity | (noun) the quality of recurring at intervals
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| 46 | irresponsible | (adjective) showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"
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| 47 | deform | (verb) assume a different shape or form (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" (verb) become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" (verb) cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" (verb) twist and press out of shape (verb) make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
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| 48 | adulterate | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" (adjective satellite) mixed with impurities
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| 49 | foreknowledge | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs
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| 50 | outlaw | (noun) someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime (verb) declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
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| 51 | gratification | (noun) the act or an instance of satisfying (noun) state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"
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| 52 | dramatize | (verb) add details to (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" (verb) put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
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| 53 | decoy | (noun) something used to lure victims into danger (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) (verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
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| 54 | illegible | (adjective) (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting"
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