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| 1 | permeate | (verb) penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot" (verb) spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building" (verb) pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
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| 2 | transfigure | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
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| 3 | morose | (adjective satellite) showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper
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| 4 | confidant | (noun) someone to whom private matters are confided
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| 5 | moonbeam | (noun) a ray of moonlight
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| 6 | philologist | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
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| 7 | embolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) (noun) an insertion into a calendar
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| 8 | absorption | (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort (noun) (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun) (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules" (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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| 9 | foliage | (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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| 10 | radiance | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light (noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface (noun) an attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance"
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| 11 | pennant | (noun) a long flag; often tapering (noun) the award given to the champion (noun) a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
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| 12 | fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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| 13 | decorate | (verb) provide with decoration; "dress the windows" (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" (verb) award a mark of honor, as a medal, to (verb) be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
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| 14 | batten | (noun) a strip fixed to something to hold it firm (noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber (verb) secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches" (verb) furnish with battens; "batten ships"
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| 15 | intuition | (noun) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) (noun) an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
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| 16 | outreach | (noun) the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"
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| 17 | heptagon | (noun) a seven-sided polygon
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| 18 | educe | (verb) develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
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| 19 | percipient | (adjective satellite) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author"
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| 20 | preferment | (noun) the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate" (noun) the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
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| 21 | ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound (noun) an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a s (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
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| 22 | intoxicant | (noun) a drug that can produce a state of intoxication (noun) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" (adjective satellite) able to intoxicate
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| 23 | exhaustion | (noun) the act of exhausting something entirely (noun) serious weakening and loss of energy (noun) extreme fatigue
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| 24 | lunar | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the moon; "lunar surface"; "lunar module"
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| 25 | misdemeanor | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony
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| 26 | iconoclast | (noun) someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions
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| 27 | liberate | (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb) grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" (verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities
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| 28 | illogical | (adjective satellite) lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" (adjective) lacking in correct logical relation
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| 29 | inherence | (noun) the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
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| 30 | kiloliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
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| 31 | astute | (adjective satellite) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
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| 32 | fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant (noun) electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded (verb) mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" (verb) make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains" (verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature" (verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
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| 33 | vincible | (adjective satellite) susceptible to being defeated
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| 34 | omniscient | (adjective satellite) infinitely wise
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| 35 | apology | (noun) a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" (noun) an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess" (noun) a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
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| 36 | corruption | (noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" (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" (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity" (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction
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| 37 | poise | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" (noun) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second (noun) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium (verb) cause to be balanced or suspended (verb) prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult (verb) be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"
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| 38 | expiate | (verb) make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
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| 39 | cognate | (noun) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language (noun) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another (adjective satellite) related by blood (adjective satellite) having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" (adjective satellite) related in nature; "connate qualities"
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| 40 | clamorous | (adjective satellite) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
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| 41 | henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot
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| 42 | mystification | (noun) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun) something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand
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| 43 | irony | (noun) incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift (noun) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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| 44 | adjuration | (noun) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
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| 45 | inventive | (adjective satellite) (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an invent
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| 46 | aide-de-camp | (noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
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| 47 | redress | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (verb) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
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| 48 | autocrat | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator
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| 49 | hillock | (noun) a small natural hill
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| 50 | manumission | (noun) the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"
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| 51 | convoy | (noun) the act of escorting while in transit (noun) a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships (noun) a procession of land vehicles traveling together (verb) escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
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| 52 | captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
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