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8682661714OratoryNoun: art of public speaking0
8682663015SpurnVerb: To reject w/ disdain1
8682664169EschewVerb: To abstain or keep away from2
8682667044StridentAdj: Having a loud or annoying character3
8682670138VassalNoun: Someone granted land in exchange for services4
8682673901FomentVerb: Instigate rebellion/ promote development of5
8682675148AbhorVerb: To regard with extreme disgust6
8682677069ProvidenceNoun: the forseeing care and guidance of god7
8682678465QuarryNoun: An animal/object being hunted8
8682680148ErrantAdj: Straying the proper course of standards9
8682683933ElicitVerb: To evoke a response in reaction to ones actions10
8682686647WarrenlikeAdj: Like a maze11
8682688294SolaceNoun: comfort, relief; Verb: to comfort, console12
8682690275Ad HocAdj: for or concerned with one specific purpose13
8682693102CursoryAdj: Done or made quickly14
8682694168CongenialAdj: Pleasing in nature or character15
8682695541Effect (as a verb)Verb: To cause16
8682695543PrudenceNoun: act of being cautious with regard to the future17
8682697367UsurpationNoun: act of taking position of power by force or illegally18
8682699685DespotismNoun: Exercise of absolute power, especially in an oppressive way19
8682701437FranchiseNoun: right to vote20
8682702432RemunerationNoun: money paid for work or service21
8682703519ApostolicAdj: Characteristic of apostle22
8682706070AbjectAdj: Completely without dignity23
8682707261ObdurateAdj: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action24
8682709963BequeathVerb: to give or leave by will25
8682710857FettersNoun: A chain or shackle for the feet26
8682711880PlaintiveAdj: Expressive of suffering or woe27
8682713485MirthNoun: Amusement as expressed in laughter28
8682714397CleaveVerb: To be stuck or held together, resist separation29
8682716241EquivocateVerb: To use ambiguous language to avoid committing oneself30
8682719718TitularAdj: having a title belonging to an office w/o duties, responsibilities or power31
8682721608PontificateVerb: Express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic32
8682724196AntithesisNoun: A person or thing that is the direct opposite of something else33
8682726285PabulumNoun: bland intellectual fare34
8682728268DeposeVerb: to remove from a throne or other high position35
8682729178Concurverb: to agree36
8682731871IndiscriminateAdj: Done at random without careful judgement37
8682732697RemonstranceNoun: Act of pleading in protest, objection or disapproval38
8682735933RepudiateVerb: to reject as having no authority39
8682736832LedgerNoun: account book where business transactions are recorded40
8682741748NeuroticNoun: a person suffering from feeling of anixety and obsessive thoughts41
8682743751EvadeVerb: to escape or avoid, esp. by trickery42
8682744899EccentricAdj: Unconventional and strange43
8682745786EsteemedAdj: respected and admired44
8682748489Bourgeois & Petit BourgeoisAdj: characteristic of the middle class, negative materialistic values. PB: adj: lower middle class, social climber45
8682750859EpitaphNoun: inscription on a tomb46
8682752170VigilantAdj: keeping careful watch for possible danger47
8682754848Incongruousadj: not harmonious or in character, out of place48
8682756143HatemongerNoun: a person who kindles hatred in others49
8682757230IdeologyNoun: the content of thinking characteristic of an individual person (a belief)50
8682760166MeritocracyNoun: government or the holding of power by people selected by their ability51
8682764880FacetiousAdj: Humorous in a way that can be rude or disrespectful52
8682766467CorollaryNoun: a natural consequence or result53
8682767837NormativeNoun: of or relating to determining norms/standards54
8682770188Perquisitenoun: a privilege, gain or profit in addition to regular wages55
8682774678TaxonomyNoun: A system of classification for something, especially scientific56
8682777993DisparageVerb: to regard or represent as being of little or no worth57
8682779419ConferVerb: to grant or bestow, in the case of a title, degree, benefit or right58
8682781166PalliateVerb: to make something bad less unpleasant w/o removing the real cause59
8682784382ImplicitAdj: Implied by not plainly expressed60
8682785413AttestVerb: to provide or serve as clear evidence of something61
8682786709Mortificationnoun: great embarrassment and shame62
8682788211EvinceVerb: to reveal the presence of63
8682790169blightnoun: cause of ruin/destruction; death of plant tissues64
8682791762ChattelNoun: a movable item of personal property65
8682792968SurmountableAdj: capable of being overcome, dealt with66
8682794347transgressiveadj: involving a violation of accepted or imposed boundaries, esp. social67
8682801551ascribeverb: to assign or refer to68
8682804041reparationsnoun: the making of amends for a wrongdoing, by paying money or otherwise helping them69
8682805784genteelAdj: polite/refined often in an affected or ostentatious way70
8682808003vernacularnoun: language or dialect spoken by ordinary people in a particular country or region71

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