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4860020527Ascetic(adj)austere; rigorously abstinent; one who practices extreme self denial.0
4860031513Avarice(noun)greed; inordinate desire to gain and hoard wealth.1
4860051405Calibrate(verb)mark with graduations.2
4860058220Cauterize(verb)burn for curative purposes with iron.3
4860123496Cavalier(adj)haughty; disdainful;unceremonious.4
4861081257Debacle(noun)sudden collapse; general breakup; violent rush of waters or ice.5
4861083518Disburse(verb)expend; pay out; distribute.6
4861091057Ecclesiastical(adj)clerical (as opposed to lay): of the church or clergy.7
4861093055Feckless(adj)feeble; ineffective; worthless; lazy; valueless.8
4861094463Ingenuous(adj)artless; innocent; naive; candid.9
4861296046Lissome(adj)supple; nimble; agile; limber.10
4861298289Marsupial(noun)pertaining to a pouch; any mammal that nurses or carries young in a pouch.11
4861300535Obdurate(adj)stubborn; unyielding; unmovable;persistently impenitent.12
4861303267Puissant(adj)powerful; might; potent.13
4861305551Peremptory(adj)arbitrary; dogmatic; arrogant; incontrovertible; imperious; decisive; leaving no chance for refusal or denial.14
4861582291Satyr(noun)a lecher; a lascivious man; a woodland deity, part human, part goat.15
4861584066Teleology(noun)The belief that designs are apparent in nature, and that final causes exist.16
4861584067Tepid(adj)lukewarm; moderately warm.17
4861588574Ungulate(adj)hooflike; of or about hoofed mammals; any of the hoofed mammals.18
4861590505Venal(adj)mercenary; corruptible; open to corrupt influence or bribery; capable of being bought.19

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