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1 archangel (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy

(noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally

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2 enkindle (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

(verb) cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

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3 immigrate (verb) come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"

(verb) introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America"

(verb) migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island"

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4 repertory (noun) a storehouse where a stock of things is kept

(noun) the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters"

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5 prophecy (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

(noun) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

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6 evert (noun) United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)

(verb) turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid"

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7 reassure (verb) give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"

(verb) cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

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8 nihilist (noun) an advocate of anarchism

(noun) someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief

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9 urgency (noun) pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"

(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

(noun) an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"

(noun) the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

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10 stellar (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light"

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11 inmost (adjective satellite) situated or occurring farthest within; "the innermost chamber"

(adjective satellite) being deepest within the self; "one's innermost feelings"

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12 siren (noun) eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

(noun) an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

(noun) a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

(noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

(noun) a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"

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13 incompetent (noun) someone who is not competent to take effective action

(adjective satellite) not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him"

(adjective) not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

(adjective satellite) not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"

(adjective satellite) showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

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14 conscript (noun) someone who is drafted into military service

(verb) enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"

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15 divulgence (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private

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16 infidel (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your God

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17 prickle (noun) a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

(verb) make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"

(verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation

(verb) cause a prickling sensation

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18 reliance (noun) certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"

(noun) the state of relying on something

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19 incendiary (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; are most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)

(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

(adjective satellite) capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"

(adjective satellite) arousing to action or rebellion

(adjective) involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary fire"

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20 requiem (noun) a Mass celebrated for the dead

(noun) a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead

(noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

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21 steppe (noun) extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

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22 vegetate (verb) engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"

(verb) propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"

(verb) grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"

(verb) grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"

(verb) produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"

(verb) establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"

(verb) lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

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23 vociferous (adjective satellite) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

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24 rudimentary (adjective satellite) being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans"

(adjective satellite) not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"

(adjective satellite) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

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25 grimace (noun) a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"

(verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

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26 evade (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

(verb) use cleverness or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con mane always evades"

(verb) escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

(verb) practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

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27 mordacious (adjective satellite) biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"

(adjective satellite) capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

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28 tenant (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"

(noun) any occupant who dwells in a place

(noun) a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

(verb) occupy as a tenant

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29 equilibrium (noun) a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head

(noun) a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

(noun) equality of distribution

(noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

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30 accuse (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse"

(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference"

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31 visual (adjective satellite) able to be seen; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"

(adjective) relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"

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32 abdomen (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

(noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm

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33 confluent (adjective satellite) flowing together

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34 overproduction (noun) too much production or more than expected

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35 corporate (adjective satellite) possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"

(adjective satellite) organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town"

(adjective satellite) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"

(adjective) of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"

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36 hydra (noun) small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

(noun) trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"

(noun) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

(noun) (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"

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37 abase (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

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38 inject (verb) give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

(verb) to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"

(verb) to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

(verb) feed intravenously

(verb) take by injection; "inject heroin"

(verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

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39 amputate (verb) remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

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40 colossus (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation

(noun) someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

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41 embroil (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"

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42 bibliography (noun) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)

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43 incandescent (adjective satellite) emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"

(adjective satellite) characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"

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44 martial (noun) Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)

(adjective satellite) (of persons) befitting a warrior; "a military bearing"

(adjective satellite) suggesting war or military life

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45 clearance (noun) permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"

(noun) the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

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46 pamphlet (noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

(noun) a small book usually having a paper cover

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47 dentifrice (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

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48 ministration (noun) assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims"

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49 antipodes (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"

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50 separable (adjective satellite) capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered seperable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";

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51 ogre (noun) (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person

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52 naturally (adverb) as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"

(adverb) according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help; "naturally grown flowers"

(adverb) in a natural or normal manner; "speak naturally and easily"

(adverb) through inherent nature; "he was naturally lazy"

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53 antediluvian (noun) a very old (or old fashioned) person

(noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge

(adjective satellite) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

(adjective) of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood; "Antediluvian man"

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54 requisite (noun) anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

(adjective satellite) necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

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55 innumerable (adjective satellite) too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

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