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1 cadaverous (adjective satellite) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

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2 protector (noun) a person who cares for persons or property

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3 curator (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

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4 knighthood (noun) aristocrats holding the rank of knight

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5 diplomacy (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation

(noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs

(noun) negotiation between nations

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6 pollen (noun) the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant

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7 permanent (noun) a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

(adjective) continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

(adjective satellite) not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"

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8 felony (noun) a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

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9 commissariat (noun) a stock or supply of foods

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10 virtu (noun) objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)

(noun) artistic quality

(noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art

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11 ordinal (noun) the number designating place in an ordered sequence

(adjective) being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"

(adjective) of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"

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12 velvety (adjective satellite) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

(adjective satellite) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

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13 melodious (adjective) containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

(adjective) having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune

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14 invalidate (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate as a contract"

(verb) show to be invalid

(verb) of cheques or tickets

(verb) declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

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15 oddity (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

(noun) a strange attitude or habit

(noun) eccentricity that is not easily explained

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16 deist (noun) a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

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17 prevaricate (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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18 dragoon (noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

(verb) subjugate by imposing troops

(verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

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19 chromatic (adjective) being or having or characterized by hue

(adjective) based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale"

(adjective) able to refract light without spectral color separation; "chromatic lens"

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20 interrogatory (noun) formal systematic questioning

(adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation

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21 legalize (verb) make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

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22 medallion (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

(noun) an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered

(noun) a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal"

(noun) any of various large ancient Greek coins

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23 supplicant (noun) one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"

(noun) someone who prays to God

(adjective satellite) humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"

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24 eject (verb) eliminate (substances) from the body

(verb) cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

(verb) put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

(verb) leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule

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25 ultramontane (noun) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)

(adjective satellite) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"

(adjective satellite) on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university"

(adjective) of or relating to ultramonatism

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26 sagacious (adjective satellite) skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"

(adjective satellite) acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"

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27 pitiless (adjective satellite) deficient in humane and kindly feelings

(adjective satellite) without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

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28 odoriferous (adjective satellite) having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"

(adjective satellite) emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"

(adjective satellite) giving off an odor; "the odoriferous elements in perfume"

(adjective satellite) morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"

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29 enamor (verb) attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

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30 negate (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

(verb) prove negative; show to be false

(verb) deny the truth of

(verb) be in contradiction with

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31 ebullient (adjective satellite) joyously unrestrained

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32 advisory (adjective satellite) giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"

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33 venison (noun) meat from a deer used as food

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34 modify (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

(verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

(verb) add a modifier to a constituent

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35 confinement (noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

(noun) the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

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36 artifice (noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

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37 balsam (noun) a fragrant ointment containing a balsam resin

(noun) any seed plant yielding balsam

(noun) any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes

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38 fancier (noun) a person having a strong liking for something

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39 herbivorous (adjective) feeding only on plants

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40 overshadow (verb) cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

(verb) make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"

(verb) exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"

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41 semiconscious (adjective satellite) partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations

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42 piteous (adjective satellite) deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor d

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43 achromatic (adjective) having no hue

(adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"

(adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"

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

(noun) a Scholastic philosopher or theologian

(adjective) of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"

(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

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45 muffle (noun) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature

(verb) conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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46 perennial (noun) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

(adjective satellite) recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

(adjective) lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"

(adjective satellite) lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"

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47 illegal (adjective) prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

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48 buttress (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

(verb) make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"

(verb) reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"

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49 divination (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

(noun) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

(noun) successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

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50 encroach (verb) advance beyond the usual limit

(verb) impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

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51 simultaneous (adjective satellite) occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"

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52 Stoicism (noun) an indifference to pleasure or pain

(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

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