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| 1 | forte | (noun) the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible (noun) (music) with great loudness (noun) an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" (adjective) used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" (adverb) used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
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| 2 | sufferance | (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" (noun) patient endurance especially of pain or distress
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| 3 | dogmatic | (adjective satellite) characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles (adjective) relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"
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| 4 | contrite | (adjective satellite) feeling regret for a fault or offence (adjective satellite) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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| 5 | assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack (noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
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| 6 | mouthful | (noun) a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it" (noun) the quantity that can be held in the mouth
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| 7 | unbiased | (adjective satellite) without bias (adjective satellite) characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiased account of her family problems"
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| 8 | insignificance | (noun) the quality of having little or no significance
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| 9 | monsieur | (noun) used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
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| 10 | well-bred | (adjective satellite) of good upbringing
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| 11 | paternity | (noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the father (noun) the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"
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| 12 | foist | (verb) insert surreptitiously or without warrant (verb) to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
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| 13 | mordant | (noun) a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (adjective satellite) harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
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| 14 | abyss | (noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
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| 15 | maxim | (noun) a saying that widely accepted on its own merits (noun) English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
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| 16 | intrepid | (adjective satellite) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
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| 17 | aboveboard | (adjective satellite) without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" (adverb) in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"
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| 18 | botanize | (verb) collect and study plants
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| 19 | elucidate | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" (verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
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| 20 | skeptic | (noun) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
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| 21 | salutation | (noun) word of greeting used to begin a letter (noun) (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"
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| 22 | paramour | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man (noun) a woman's lover
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| 23 | scope | (noun) electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities (noun) a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t (noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
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| 24 | extravagant | (adjective satellite) unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" (adjective satellite) recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
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| 25 | vegetation | (noun) inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" (noun) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) (noun) all the plant life in a particular region (noun) the process of growth in plants
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| 26 | ignominious | (adjective satellite) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human
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| 27 | vulnerable | (adjective satellite) susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age" (adjective satellite) capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body" (adjective satellite) susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation" (adjective) susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"
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| 28 | braze | (verb) solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
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| 29 | stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade
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| 30 | dissect | (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" (verb) cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
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| 31 | workmanlike | (adjective satellite) worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index"
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| 32 | descendent | (noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race (adjective satellite) going or coming down
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| 33 | luxuriant | (adjective satellite) produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" (adjective satellite) marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
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| 34 | nauseate | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" (verb) upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the foood turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold ont he food sickened the diners"
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| 35 | bosom | (noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" (noun) cloth that covers the chest or breasts (noun) a person's breast or chest (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (noun) the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" (noun) the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret" (verb) hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced" (verb) hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"
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| 36 | grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant
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| 37 | pillage | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" (noun) goods or money obtained illegally (verb) steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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| 38 | Omnipotent | (adjective satellite) having unlimited power
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| 39 | giver | (noun) person who makes a gift of property (noun) someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves"
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| 40 | immigrant | (noun) a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
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| 41 | systematic | (adjective satellite) not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular hours" (adjective) characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator"
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| 42 | ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude
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| 43 | stingy | (adjective) not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" (adjective satellite) selfishly unwilling to share with others
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| 44 | treatise | (noun) a formal exposition
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| 45 | monologue | (noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor (noun) a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation) (noun) speech you make to yourself
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| 46 | concurrent | (adjective satellite) occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"
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| 47 | solvent | (noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" (adjective) capable of meeting financial obligations
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| 48 | stifle | (noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" (verb) smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" (verb) conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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| 49 | transalpine | (noun) one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy (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"
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| 50 | marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" (verb) be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" (verb) express astonishment or surprise about something
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| 51 | infallible | (adjective) incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"
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| 52 | pompous | (adjective satellite) puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
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| 53 | enfeeble | (verb) make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
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| 54 | objective | (noun) the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" (adjective satellite) belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind" (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" (adjective satellite) emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art" (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"
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