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| 1 | enjoin | (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" (verb) issue an injunction
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| 2 | conformance | (noun) correspondence in form or appearance
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| 3 | cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice" (noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
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| 4 | fumigate | (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
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| 5 | polytechnic | (noun) a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
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| 6 | inversion | (noun) the act of turning inside out (noun) turning upside down; setting on end (noun) a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex (noun) (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ll ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa (noun) the reversal of the normal order of words (noun) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed (noun) the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer (noun) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa (noun) abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
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| 7 | hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
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| 8 | exorbitance | (noun) excessive excess
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| 9 | predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone" (noun) the state of being predominant over others
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| 10 | subjacent | (adjective) lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys"
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| 11 | leviathan | (noun) monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament (noun) the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
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| 12 | repress | (verb) put out of one's consciousness (verb) conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" (verb) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
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| 13 | demented | (adjective satellite) affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
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| 14 | bolero | (noun) a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets (noun) a short jacket; worn mostly by women (noun) music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
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| 15 | gladden | (verb) become glad or happy (verb) make glad or happy
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| 16 | putrescent | (adjective satellite) becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
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| 17 | retrospective | (noun) an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work (adjective) concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification"
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| 18 | apostle | (noun) (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel (noun) any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people (noun) an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"
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| 19 | decagram | (noun) 10 grams
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| 20 | itinerate | (verb) travel from place to place, as for work; "an itinerating merchant"
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| 21 | palatial | (adjective satellite) suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht" (adjective) relating to or being a palace; "the palatial residence"
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| 22 | natal | (noun) a port city in northeastern Brazil (noun) a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean (adjective) relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences" (adjective) of or relating to the buttocks
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| 23 | diacritical | (adjective satellite) capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
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| 24 | connive | (verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (verb) encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
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| 25 | supine | (adjective satellite) offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt (adjective satellite) lying face upward
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| 26 | demonstrative | (noun) a pronoun that points out an intended referent (adjective) given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family" (adjective satellite) serving to demonstrate
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| 27 | sensitive | (adjective satellite) used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security (adjective satellite) hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" (adjective) able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrou (adjective) responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" (adjective) having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
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| 28 | cower | (verb) show submission or fear (verb) crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"
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| 29 | inhospitable | (adjective) unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" (adjective) not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"
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| 30 | unctuous | (adjective satellite) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"
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| 31 | demerit | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did" (noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; "ten demerits and he loses his privileges"
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| 32 | conjugal | (adjective) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"
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| 33 | transferrer | (noun) someone who transfers something
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| 34 | sidereal | (adjective) (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time" (adjective) of or relating to the stars or constellations; "sidereal bodies"; "the sidereal system"
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| 35 | dominance | (noun) superior development of one side of the body (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests" (noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
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| 36 | petrify | (verb) cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" (verb) change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
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| 37 | contributor | (noun) a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book (noun) someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
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| 38 | wry | (adjective satellite) humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" (adjective satellite) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman (adjective satellite) bent to one side; "a wry neck"
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| 39 | purloin | (verb) make off with belongings of others
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| 40 | legacy | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will
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| 41 | subvert | (verb) destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis" (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
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| 42 | campaign | (noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to (noun) several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) (noun) a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" (verb) go on a campaign; go off to war (verb) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his fa
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| 43 | coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" (verb) be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" (verb) go with, fall together
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| 44 | mercantile | (adjective satellite) of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks (adjective satellite) profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" (adjective) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
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| 45 | precocious | (adjective satellite) appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias" (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"
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| 46 | fanatic | (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill (adjective satellite) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
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| 47 | homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
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| 48 | suffrage | (noun) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
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| 49 | expulsion | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" (noun) squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
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| 50 | tangency | (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" (noun) the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
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| 51 | admittance | (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" (noun) the right to enter
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| 52 | sophism | (noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
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