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3747995919Abject(adj.) Degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved0
3748005271Complicity(n.) Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice1
3748007399Effigy(n.) A crude image of a despised person2
3748008817Inane(adj.) Silly, empty of meaning or value3
3748010899Indubitable(adj.) Certain, not to be doubted or denied4
3748012836Neophyte(n.) A new convert, beginner, novice5
3748014096Surveillance(n.) A watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation6
3748014097Sylvan(adj.) Pertaining to or characteristic or forest; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody7
3748015526Testy(adj.) Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation8
3748020518Acquisitive(Adj.) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property9
3748022438Belabor(V.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly10
3748024633Coherent(Adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful11
3748026200Congeal(V.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid12
3748026211Emulate(V.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model13
3748032026Eschew(V.) to avoid, shun, keep away from14
3748033228Germane(Adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting15
3748040464accost(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way16
3748040465avid(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager17
3748042235celerity(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action18
3748043605incendiary(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife19
3748045418overt(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized20
3748047496talisman(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, and amulet, fetish21
3748048524undulate(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form22
3748056634Articulate(v.) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (adj.) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed23
3748058245Decry(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate24
3748060055Distraught(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict25
3748061335Exhume(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light26
3748062573Nefarious(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards27
3748064444Piquant(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative28
3748065789Verbiage(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression29
3748067454Atrophy(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away30
3748069842Bastion(n.) a fortified place, stronghold31
3748071050Disarray(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder32
3748071051Flotsam(n.) floating debris; homeless; impoverished people33
3748073502Frenetic(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated34
3748074628Glean(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers35
3748075904Incarcerate(v.) to imprison, confine, jail36
3748077730Incumbent(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of37
3748077731Jocular(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking38
3748079747Ludicrous(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd39
3748081427Nettle(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely40
3748081439Pusillanimous(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited41
3748083861Recumbent(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting42
3748083862Strategem(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end43
3748089628Acuity(n.) sharpness (particularly of the kind or senses44
3748089629Depraved(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles45
3748091572Enervate(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring46
3748092986Fecund(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive47
3748094226Fiat(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness48
3748095587Hallow(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere49
3748096921Mundane(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary50
3748096922Penchant(n.) A strong attraction or inclination51
3748099104Reputed(Adj.) according to reputation or general belief; Having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged52
3748100172Ubiquitous(adj.) present or existing everywhere53

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