tcs vocab 2
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1.
convention
n. a collection of recorded music
n. any business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in
factories and offices
n. a large meeting for a special purpose
v. to take and hold or to control by force
2.
reach
n. all the people in a place, city or country
conj. equally; when
v. to know what is meant; to have knowledge of
v. to put a hand toward; to arrive at
3.
there
v. to send to another country
n. a part of the body that has a special purpose, such as the heart or brain
ad. in that place or position; to or toward that place
ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
4.
lift
n. the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else
v. to take or bring up to a higher place or level
n. anything on or in which a person or thing can travel or be transported, especially anything
on wheels; a car or truck
n. the space occupied by something; how long, wide or high something is
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ad. not able to hear
9.
work
v. to believe, think or imagine; to expect
v. to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back
v. to use physical or mental effort to make or do something
v. to make known publicly; to declare officially
10. enzyme
v. to make something go or move faster
n. the group that includes children and their parents
ad. acting safely; with much thought
n. a special kind of protein; it produces changes in other substances without being changed
itself
11.
black
ad. not one or the other of two
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights
n. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded
ad. dark; having the color like that of the night sky
12.
wire
v. to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings
n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
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n. a long, thin piece of metal used to hang objects or to carry electricity or electronic
communications from one place to another
pref. for, supporting (pro-labor, pro-government)
13. marry
ad. of or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public
v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife
(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
v. to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem)
v. to make sick with something that causes disease
14.
rice
prep. along or by the side of; together
n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room
n. a food grain
ad. many times
15.
program
n. a plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
v. to come to be
n. a white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used to affect the taste of food
16.
public
v. to separate into two or more parts; to divide or break into parts
n. the best; the winner
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v. to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonored
ad. of or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private
17.
equal
ad. added to; too
n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or
power
ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights
n. an electronic machine for storing and organizing information, and for communicating
with others
18.
water
n. a creature that lives and can breathe in water
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
n. what a person legally and morally should be able to do or have
n. something round
19.
surround
ad. not the same
v. to form a circle around; to be in positions all around someone or something
ad. short; not long
prep. for the reason that
20.
good
n. a device or system for sending sounds, especially the voice, over distances
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ad. from higher to lower; in a low place
ad. away from the inside; opposite of in
ad. pleasing; helpful
21.
reason
n. the cause for a belief or act; purpose
ad. smooth; having no high places
n. the written record or description of past events; the study of the past
n. a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too
far away to be seen
22.
boat
v. to hit again and again
n. an organization that keeps and lends money
n. something built to travel on water that carries people or goods
ad. without delay; very near in time or place
23.
root
v. to give form to
n. the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil
n. a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain
n. the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans
24.
best
v. to desire; to wish for
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v. to break into pieces; to end the existence of
prep. from a time in the past until now
ad. the most good
25.
protein
n. substances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissue
n. a talk given to a group of people
ad. at that time; existing
n. something known only to a few and kept from general knowledge
26.
move
n. forces, groups or nations joined together
n. the movement of people, vehicles or ships along a street, road or waterway
v. to change position; to put or keep in motion
v. to make a sudden attack
27.
bring
v. to come with something
v. having the power to do something
pref. not (dishonest, disobey)
n. the general condition of the body and mind; the condition of being free from sickness or
disease
28.
temperature
n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt
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n. any instrument or device designed to help one do work
ad. lost; not found
n. the measurement of heat and cold
29.
transportation
v. to direct and observe the work of others
n. the act or business of moving goods or people
n. something round
ad. separated from others
30.
laser
n. an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light
n. the group that includes children and their parents
ad. like something else but not exactly the same
ad. the most important or largest
31.
climate
v. to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut
ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about
weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife
(usually in a religious or civil ceremony)
n. the normal weather conditions of a place
32.
push
ad. having a small distance between two opposite surfaces; not fat
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v. to make less in size or amount
v. to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite
pull
ad. great in size, importance or amount
33.
gray
ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white
v. to keep or put away for future use
n. a very small town
n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument
34.
without
v. to cause injury or destruction
n. a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a commonpurpose
prep. with no; not having or using
n. a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to
machines
35.
loyal
n. a small animal that often lives with humans
v. to make better; to become better
n. a device that receives electronic signals and makes them into pictures and sounds; the
system of sending pictures and sounds by electronic signals over a distance so others can see
and hear them on a receiver
ad. showing strong friendship and support for someone or something
36.
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river
v. to lose blood
n. a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean
ad. at any time
n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no
light
37.
must
v. a word used with an action word to mean necessary
ad. not short; measuring from beginning to end
ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage
v. to control or to restrict freedoms by force
38.
apologize
n. that which something is known to have or be; amount of value or excellence
v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility
n. any game or activity of competition involving physical effort or skill
v. to discover or learn something by searching or by accident; to decide a court case
39.
prize
n. a movement; a continuing change of position or place
n. something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard
for to get
v. to say; to make a statement
n. a government lawmaking group
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tie
v. to join or hold together with some material
v. to stretch out in area or length; to continue for a longer time
v. to make good or right again
ad. not able to see
1. n. the quality of sound which distinguishes one from another
banal
tawdry
wrest
timbre
2.
adj. mild; harmless
dais
ostensible
furtive
benign
3.
adj. of the sea; having to do with sailors, ships, or navigation
halcyon
arduous
acrid
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nautical
4.
adj. discouraged; depressed
ken
imminent
inclined
disheartened
5.
v. to pretend to be ill in order to escape work
coy
menagerie
macerate
malinger
6. n. a piece of land jutting into a body of water
promontory
iota
accolade
archetype
7.
adj. periodic; occasional
impenitent
intermittent
curmudgeon
exhume
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8.
adj. lacking vitality; indifferent
dearth
cataclysm
ingenue
languid
9.
adj. shabby in appearance
dowdy
saturate
tribunal
abbreviate
10.
n. a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken
contusion
precipitate
glib
Abstinence
1.
adj. conditional
rendezvous
contingent
arraign
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euphony
2.
adj. rickety; falling apart
laudable
ramshackle
pernicious
unassuaged
3.
v. form into grains
diversity
relapse
acclimate
granulate
4. n. lizard that changes color in different situations
chameleon
scruple
depredation
whimsical
5.
adj. unfavorable; hostile
matriarch
invulnerable
adverse
condole
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6.
n. substance causing vomiting
refractory
imponderable
eloquence
emetic
7.
adj. having the title of an office without the obligations
unsullied
titular
reciprocal
inflated
8.
v. give up temporarily; yield
waive
miscellany
argot
remiss
9.
v. lower; degrade
abase
camaraderie
nondescript
disinclination
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acknowledge
4.
adj. desolate
vociferous
bleak
maniac
prohibition
5.
n. a prophecy
seethe
disapprove
desist
prediction
6. adj. withered
brokerage
anhydrous
martial
bailiff
7.
n. one who makes a donation or present
precursor
donator
luxuriant
illegible
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8.
adj. easily led or controlled
grandiloquent
tractable
promissory
furtherance
9.
adj. well-bred or refined
formidable
boll
genteel
sarcophagus
10.
n. madhouse
disputation
impecunious
odium
Bedlam
1.
n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority
obdurate
exotic
aesthetic
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veneer
2.
n. a petty fault
peccadillo
teeming
retribution
expound
3.
adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived
veneer
virago
fallible
congenial
4. adj. perfect or highly accomplished
impropriety
sinister
consummate
slovenly
5.
n. nearness
proximity
buffoon
extemporaneous
ubiquitous
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6.
adj. uncertain or risky
accolade
delineate
expatiate
precarious
7.
n. faithfulness
fealty
fluctuate
attribute
congenial
8.
v. to check or hinder
inhibit
delectable
obdurate
obtrusive
9.
v. to set forth in detail; to explain
inveigh
expound
credulous
meticulous
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10.
adv. with distrust
delineate
distraught
vernal
Askance
1.
ad. to, in or at a higher position or value
skin
up
we
enjoy
2. v. to protect or give protection to
shelter
extreme
climate
few
3.
n. the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which
something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into
something else
material
wheat
provide
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wind
4.
n. a group of ministers that helps lead a government
military
smell
cabinet
decide
5. n. any instrument or device designed to help one do work
democracy
tool
liberal
light
6.
n. a room or building where business or work is done; a public position to which one is
elected or appointed
plan
explain
office
frighten
7.
ad. of or having to do with a national or central government
federal
necessary
pay
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pig
8.
n. land; the earth's surface
wreckage
stay
ground
cost
9. v. to be on water without sinking; to move or be moved gently on water or through air
mayor
float
prove
grind
10.
n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or
no light
terror
kiss
capital
Night
1.
adj. lacking vitality; indifferent
palindrome
surfeit
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cloying
languid
2.
v. to become more and more virulent and fixed
compromise
arrogate
fester
derogatory
3.
adj. pertaining to a discovery or new revelation
mendacious
euphony
batten
apocalyptic
4.
n. lack of facial color
specious
obeisance
gauche
pallor
5.
v. defame; maliciously misrepresent
inured
surfeit
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exigent
slander
6.
v. to denounce or condemn openly
dowdy
decry
succinct
dearth
7.
v. make easier; simplify
staid
facilitate
slothful
plausible
8.
adj. discouraged; depressed
skeptic
haughty
disheartened
exonerate
9.
adj. honorable; exact
optimist
alchemist
parity
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scrupulous
10.
v. mix; massage
comport
obviate
distant
knead
11. v. to weaken; often through subtle means
undermine
caustic
extol
surpass
12.
v. to be advantageous; to be necessary
behoove
guise
pessimism
rivet
13.
n. one who believes that others are motivated entirely by selfishness.
insinuate
bode
abbreviate
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cynic
14.
adj. existing independently of others; a large quantity
incorporeal
eccentric
substantive
tentative
15.
v. to free from guilt
mien
exculpate
obsequious
menagerie
16. v. to mourn or grieve
lament
privy
effrontery
phlegmatic
17.
adj. friendly; amiable
affable
objective
covenant
debase
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18.
adj. glowing through haze; shocking, sensational
distant
lurid
knavery
intangible
19.
n. being stripped
garish
sojourn
agrarian
divestiture
20.
adj. stingy, miserly
cacophony
bereft
savor
penurious
1.
n. dullness; impassiveness
dispirited
curtail
hummock
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stolidity
2.
adj. excessively exacting
sinecure
combustible
comeuppance
hypercritical
3.
n. striker (tongue) of a bell
mediate
clapper
recant
sportive
4. adj. all-knowing
interminable
embroil
collusion
omniscient
5.
adj. exhausting
aspiration
crabbed
grueling
whet
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6.
adj. entreating; beseeching
import
staccato
suppliant
rile
7.
adj. positive; arbitrary
holocaust
dogmatic
crone
countenance
8.
adj. easily deceived
luminary
gullible
crux
mausoleum
9.
adj. parched; dry
disparage
sere
profusion
bemused
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10.
n. twistings; distortions
endorse
contortions
mirth
erroneous
11.
n. ability to foresee future happenings; prudence
fracas
detrimental
foresight
asceticism
12.
adj. festive; gay
attest
convivial
quiver
sybarite
13.
n. opening; break
irascible
homespun
monastic
rift
14.
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duress
cataclysm
authoritative
sacrosanct
19.
adj. absorbing; engrossing
rectitude
riveting
inequity
detrimental
20.
n. prank; flighty conduct
gawk
cumbersome
stigma
Escapade
1.
n. Hindrance.
allotment
obstruction
anticyclone
multiform
2.
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v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
orate
magician
access
guzzle
3.
v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.
relegate
efficient
endurable
monolith
4.
n. Profound lethargy.
latency
stupor
alder
Calvinize
5.
n. Predestination.
foreordination
exemplar
dissonance
referrer
6. n. Perplexity.
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salutary
paraphernalia
intricacy
parsimonious
7.
n. The science of man in general.
generosity
obtrude
anthropology
octavo
8.
n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
possessor
immutable
kiln
lyric
9.
adj. Pertaining to the face.
abdicate
decorous
inexplicable
facial
10.
n. A length of 1,000 meters.
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expatriate
contender
kilometer
Epicurean
11.
n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
Briticism
cosmogony
Britannia
instill
12.
n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
collusion
resistance
repine
contemporaneous
13.
n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
insatiable
fez
quay
intolerable
14.
adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
legionary
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aerial
debonair
tentative
15.
adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion,
relations.
analogous
suppression
phonology
cholera
16.
n. One who sells fish.
fishmonger
famish
pectoral
blemish
17.
adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
resonance
clandestine
diffusion
quietus
18.
v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
muster
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ecclesiastic
extemporaneous
vaunt
3.
v. assign
expedient
clement
attribute
contemptuous
4.
adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit
accord
dissolute
supine
mercenary
5.
adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
delete
reiterate
credulous
jeopardy
6.
n. origin
consensus
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genesis
chicanery
simper
7.
adj. causing or given to shedding tears
coalition
lachrymose
proletariat
acumen
8.
n. a party slogan
shibboleth
abandon
commodious
recumbent
9.
adj. conceited
egotistic
exodus
vernal
craven
10.
n. a skilled storyteller
genesis
raconteur
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apt
epitaph
11.
n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting
dispassionate
masquerade
cabal
retrieve
12.
n. a state of happiness; a high ability
callous
felicity
sally
fatuous
13.
adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous
egotistic
gregarious
corpulent
civil
14.
adj. very steep; descending rapidly
craven
fatuous
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untenable
precipitous
15.
adj. deadly
noisome
extemporaneous
lethal
extemporaneous
16.
v. to abolish or render void
abrogate
contemptuous
conjecture
approbation
17.
adj. perfect or highly accomplished
acrimonious
inscrutable
fulsome
consummate
18.
v. to exclaim or utter suddenly
accolade
clamorous
ostracize
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ejaculate
19.
adj. no longer existing or active
acumen
scourge
extinct
boorish
20. n. a flattering speech or act
blandishment
forbear
fleeting
Misanthropic
1.
ad. one only
single
lightning
actor
coalition
2.
v. to produce an effect on; to influence
always
independent
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because
affect
3.
prep. in at one end and out at the other; from front to back
need
leak
join
through
4.
phr. to start to do something
take steps
hope
social
sink
5.
v. to make someone do something or make something happen by using power
excuse
effect
force
god
6.
v. to believe that someone is honest and will not cause harm
choose
mental
trust
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difficult
7.
n. a dividing line between nations
command
border
arrive
university
8. v. to send information, stories or music by radio or television
broadcast
plastic
depression
technology
9.
v. to try to hear
listen
less
treason
grandmother
10.
v. to end (a dispute); to agree about (a problem)
survive
space
settle
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establish
11.
n. a belief based on one's own ideas and thinking
wheel
opinion
bright
building
12.
conj. however; other than
danger
but
oust
credit
13. n. an organization or system that provides something for the public; a job that an
organization or business can do for money
service
even
strike
woman
14.
n. a hurt or suffering somewhere in the body
pain
dust
airplane
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amend
15.
v. to move through the air with wings, like a bird or airplane; to travel in an airplane
or flying vehicle
city
fly
gray
grandson
16.
v. to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the air
do
lend
jump
river
17.
v. to free; to permit to go
release
alive
present
demonstrate
18.
n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true
sound
trial
temperature
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very
19.
ad. having much money or goods; having plenty of something
purchase
zero
add
rich
20.
n. a measure of time; sixty minutes
hour
position
forward
Arms
1.
adj. shriveled; withered
arbitrary
curb
symmetry
wizened
2.
n. disapproval
despotism
disapprobation
hackneyed
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stipend
3.
v. to build or establish; to instruct and improve the mind
edify
amiable
fecund
heed
4. v. to agree without protest
solubility
acquiesce
perpetual
exemplary
5.
adj. silent; reserved
wry
placate
susceptible
reticent
6.
v. to overspread
suffuse
contusion
subtlety
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complacent
7.
n. a binding and solemn agreement
covenant
phobia
lascivious
decadence
8.
n. difference in form, character, or degree
jeopardy
inundate
disparity
diffuse
9. v. search thoroughly
indigenous
facilitate
rummage
splenetic
10.
v. to huddle and tremble
rudimentary
cower
insularity
exigent
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11.
v. to put money into a fund at fixed intervals
soporific
succinct
amortize
repugnant
12.
adj. complying; obeying
thwart
compatible
compliant
licentious
13.
v. to connect or associate with; to accept as a member
affiliate
antipathy
trivial
notorious
14.
n. the range or limit of one's abilities; rope or chain used to keep a boat from drifting
or an animal from wandering
ignominious
palliate
tether
welter
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15.
n. the quality of being agreeable or eager to please
abeyance
anoint
complaisance
tawdry
16.
n. a constantly quarrelsome woman
uncanny
pessimism
termagant
pied
17.
n. to determine the quality of a substance.
maverick
assay
rampart
condescend
18.
v. to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection
ostentatious
mendacious
codify
obtrude
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19.
n. art of taking something for oneself; seizure
appease
edifice
usurpation
errant
20.
n. something out of place in time (e.g., an airplane in 1492)
attenuate
august
salvage
anachronism
21.
n. relatives and acquaintances
impetuous
arbitrary
kith
guise
22.
adj. fierce, savage, cruel
acclaim
truculent
itinerary
effeminate
23.
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adj. stubborn
glib
obstinate
impassive
sordid
24.
adj. tiresome; ordinary
deplete
phobia
prosaic
truculent
25.
v. ask for; call upon
undermine
jester
salubrious
invoke
26.
v. to plead in favor of
salvage
effusive
advocate
diverse
27. adj. lustful; wicked
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ribald
lewd
raucous
luxuriant
28.
v. to combine
conjoin
apathy
demur
licentious
29.
n. an unworldly young woman
cabal
ingenue
mercurial
innocuous
30.
adj. resisting authority
relinquish
contumacious
ingenuous
duplicity
31.
v. to dominate or enslave
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subjugate
embarkation
approbatory
confluence
32.
adj. dazzling and shining
resplendent
perfunctory
usury
dissent
33.
adj. passionate; intense
ambivalent
blatant
fervent
ossify
34.
adj. resting
gullible
recumbent
chicanery
raze
35.
v. to act indecisively
nefariousness
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dither
bombast
glutton
36.
v. to hinder or obstruct
stymie
novel
benefactor
agrarian
37.
n. unlimited authority
zealot
superlative
disperse
carte blanche
38.
n. an admirer of the fine arts; a dabbler
haphazard
propinquity
hapless
dilettante
39.
n. the basis for an argument
premise
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limber
deign
destitute
40.
v. to punish; discipline
inclined
chastise
parse
Execute
1.
v. pick out; reject
prolong
guileless
cull
personable
2.
n. changing its habitat; wandering
shrew
hale
scurvy
migrant
3.
v. tilt; lean over
list
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foolhardy
antipathy
pallid
8.
adj. unjustified; groundless
corporeal
precursor
unwarranted
embellish
9.
adj. stuffy; boringly conservative
braggart
propinquity
degenerate
stodgy
10.
adj. petty criticism; fault-finding
carping
windfall
intangible
decimate
11.
n. forecasted course of a disease; prediction
hindmost
askance
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prognosis
unwarranted
12.
v. provide scantily; live very economically
skimp
lexicographer
libidinous
spangle
13.
v. shove; bump
apostate
luster
catastrophe
jostle
14.
adj. lead-colored; black and blue
defeatist
sectarian
livid
canvass
15.
v. recede; lessen
insularity
latent
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ebb
regal
16.
v. go backwards; degenerate
egregious
retrograde
diligence
vigor
17.
v. call together
convoke
placate
maim
forsake
18.
adv. with a sideways or indirect look
requite
askance
prototype
indemnify
19.
n. wealthy leader
infantile
anemia
tycoon
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gawk
24.
n. fear
canter
astral
unfaltering
intimidation
25.
adj. untidy
lumen
digression
intelligentsia
disheveled
26. n. trick; practical joke
alias
expurgate
hoax
hone
27.
adj. superfluous; excessively wordy
welter
aristocracy
redundant
decoy
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28.
n. wretch; villain
affluence
miscreant
carnal
contingent
29.
v. criticize harshly
dilemma
viand
incoherent
pan
30.
adj. incapable of injury
paucity
diverge
invulnerable
vortex
31.
n. payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce
bilk
alimony
analogy
amalgamate
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n. long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art
therapeutic
conducive
deface
epic
37.
v. offer; extend
tender
incidence
accessory
travail
38.
n. token of disgrace; brand
cabal
celerity
stigma
natty
39.
adj. not naive; sophisticated
seemly
mores
carat
disingenuous
40. n. the act of anointing with oil
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affiliation
imbue
tout
Unction
1.
v. to sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom
ravenous
afterthought
scuttle
preternatural
2.
n. the science of life or living organisms
journalize
enthuse
ceremonious
biology
3.
v. to turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction
decapitate
finality
panel
invert
4.
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v. to rouse to a particular action
bedlam
incite
armada
benefit
5.
v. to break a law
epitaph
collective
transgress
whereupon
6.
v. to cut apart or to pieces
plenteous
dissect
ineligible
centurion
7.
adj. living or existing at the same time
utmost
contemporary
reparable
apposite
8. n. that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
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contravene
disservice
witticism
corrosive
9.
adj. designed to excite love
secretary
entangle
botany
amatory
10.
n. virtue
forgo
defalcate
morality
octavo
11.
adj. raving
alto
mane
duplicity
delirious
12.
n. the science of the nervous system
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left-handed
neurology
literature
dehydrate
13.
n. the act or sensation of hearing
audition
suggestible
dissension
orate
14.
adj. answering yes; to a question at issue
exasperate
affirmative
cosmopolitanism
chastity
15.
n. a seller
aforesaid
domineer
perturb
vendor
16.
v. to chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
recapitulate
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cryptogram
ruminate
cull
17.
n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority
extant
hemorrhage
contumacy
malady
18.
adj. contemptible
truthful
despicable
irritable
fastidious
19.
v. to drive away by or as by scattering in different directions
dispel
afire
clan
squalid
20.
adj. anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies
provident
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wretchedness
frightful
refinery
21.
v. to prolong
despond
reprieve
indulgent
protract
22.
v. to increase in range or scope
frizzle
expand
ampere
abhorrent
23.
n. double-dealing
liquidate
overshadow
scarcity
duplicity
24.
n. alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
decagon
polyhedron
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proficiency
vigilance
25.
adj. somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
repel
brusque
polyarchy
neopaganism
26.
n. a related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a
complete thought
symmetrical
dissolute
invective
sentence
27.
v. to manage or carry through by some device or scheme
peerless
personality
contrive
mountainous
28.
v. to pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended
theocrasy
glorious
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predecessor
reimburse
29.
n. dispersion
diffusion
assonance
brazier
nominal
30.
adj. not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose
incompetent
impoverish
coxswain
devious
31.
adv. from side to side
impracticable
penetrable
athwart
absent-minded
32.
adj. abundant
habitude
rife
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pediatrics
quiescence
33.
n. treatment
usage
somnolent
alderman
retention
34.
n. the climax
symphonic
infirmity
geniality
apogee
35.
n. a party to a lawsuit
material
litigant
rondo
objective
36.
v. to dignify
demagnetize
ridicule
palinode
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ennoble
37.
n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms
revise
conspirator
antitoxin
sensual
38. adj. matchless
mileage
encumber
incomparable
diffidence
39.
n. friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof
credence
monition
colloquy
abyss
40.
n. proclamation
exhume
annunciation
superintendent
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Hypocrite
1.
v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
alienate
paraphrase
extraneous
protuberant
2. n. a feeling of hatred
animus
delectable
genesis
effete
3.
n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds
presumption
poignant
disparity
imminent
4.
adj. pretending to be religious
bereave
convivial
sanctimonious
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arbiter
5.
n. a speech by one person
nautical
monologue
abrogate
diverting
6.
adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others
cynical
academic
admonish
respite
7. v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go
around
soporific
poignant
chicanery
circumvent
8.
v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument
impale
tenet
extemporaneous
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ingenious
9.
adj. accidental
vanquish
fortuitous
gesticulate
stoic
10.
adj. understood by only a select few
quash
recapitulate
hovel
esoteric
11. adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit
dictum
garnish
feign
mundane
12.
v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions
retrieve
abdicate
imprecation
gesticulate
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13.
adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior
craven
erratic
accord
apathy
14.
n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members
of a group or trade
deplete
meander
jargon
flamboyant
15. v. to soil or dirty
besmirch
venerable
cynical
diffident
16.
n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor
fictitious
deluge
waive
sinecure
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17.
n. misfortune
sallow
insatiable
expurgate
adversity
18.
adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action
circumspect
deprecate
credulous
low
19.
adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words
kaleidoscopic
alacrity
delectable
turgid
20.
n. scarcity
noisome
dearth
antithesis
sultry
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21.
adj. flimsy and cheap
sleazy
tremulous
untenable
inscrutable
22.
adj. moderate in the use of food or drink
creditable
zealous
benevolent
abstemious
23.
v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual
consecrate
frustrate
punitive
condone
24.
v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
condole
attribute
entreat
dictum
25.
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protuberant
inhibit
exultation
assiduous
30.
adj. very heavy; clumsy
ponderous
obtrusive
apprehensive
creditable
31.
adj. quick to find fault about trifles
captious
rudimentary
idiosyncrasy
vicarious
32.
v. to do speedily; to send off
vanquish
congenial
blight
dispatch
33.
n. conversation which is amusing and not serious
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panegyric
banter
engender
dissolute
34.
adj. spirited; ardent
gregarious
sacrosanct
fervid
impostor
35.
n. burden; duty
extirpate
onus
condone
awry
36.
adj. serving as a model; commendable
condign
exemplary
asseverate
utilitarian
37.
adj. wise; shrewd
sally
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egregious
emissary
sagacious
38.
v. to give up claim to
machiavellian
corpulent
abdicate
apprise
39.
v. to penetrate and understand
stringent
fathom
archetype
tantamount
40.
n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view
ingenious
lavish
exodus
Heresy
1.
n. a joining together; in atomic fusion, atomic particles are joined together to produce
nuclear energy
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fusion
salt
fish
truck
2.
n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating
and curing disease or improving health
medicine
cooperate
complete
bell
3.
n. a grown person
toward
adult
yellow
clergy
4.
n. a drink made from the plant of the same name
sharp
coffee
airplane
top
5. n. sound, especially when loud
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true
combine
humor
noise
6.
n. violent weather, including strong winds and rain or snow
south
talk
storm
time
7.
n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a
connected series of military actions during a war
trap
balance
voice
campaign
8.
v. to join or hold together with some material
dis
plastic
tie
ally
9.
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n. the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and
others
civilian
color
announce
special
10.
v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts
mean
remains
learn
before
11.
pron. the boy or man who is being spoken about
he
halt
will
mix
12.
v. to cause pain, injury or damage
sad
hit
hurt
bright
13.
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n. an examination in a court of a question or dispute to decide if a charge is true
trial
territory
by
open
14.
v. to make something not open
loan
close
through
attend
15.
n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world
of land, sea, air, plants and animals
copy
sell
stay
environment
16.
v. to come to life; to come into existence
meet
stone
adult
born
17.
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v. to forgive for a crime and release from punishment
pardon
back
fit
protest
18.
v. to pull apart, often by force
below
jump
tear
week
19.
n. something known or proved to be true
welcome
box
office
fact
20.
n. a small animal that often lives with humans
conference
cat
worth
detail
21. v. to injure; to hurt
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much
magnet
wound
riot
22.
n. cleans liquid wastes from the body
kidney
less
water
top
23.
v. to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal
next
welcome
nice
punish
24.
n. a ceremony held in connection with the burial or burning of the dead
after
escape
funeral
lake
25.
n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room
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examine
reduce
provide
door
26.
prep. in the direction of; leading to
lung
sense
toward
release
27.
n. a payment ordered by a court to punish someone for a crime
fine
identify
skill
destroy
28.
v. to put something over a person or thing
alive
they
cover
it
29.
ad. involving machines, processes and materials in industry, transportation and
communications; of or about a very special kind of subject or thing
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sea
movie
technical
plant
30.
conj. connecting word used to link things that may be similar, but are not equal
loan
troop
than
bleed
31.
ad. quiet; peaceful
what
team
halt
calm
32.
n. political protection given by a government to a person from another country
publish
asylum
order
ruin
33.
ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of
or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
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produce
reach
drive
nuclear
34.
v. to use cigarettes or other tobacco products by burning them and breathing in the
smoke
day
need
each
smoke
35.
n. the center part of an atom or cell
machine
grandfather
nucleus
throw
36.
n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body
deal
get
cancer
compound
37.
ad. not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage
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dismiss
severe
shine
left
38.
n. a living thing, often so small it can be seen only through a microscope
tradition
advise
organism
pass
39.
v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive
blue
collect
owe
immediate
40.
v. to approve; to say that something is true
crew