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10651485659	alloment	portion	0
10651488789	Braggart	a vain bolster	1
10651506871	colloquy	conversation	2
10651510468	convivial	devoted to feasting, or eating and drinking in good fellowship	3
10651521419	diffidence	self-distrust	4
10651529570	enmity	hatred	5
10651529571	flux	a state of continual change or movement	6
10651533001	illusion	An unreal image presented to the senses	7
10651540630	Jargon	Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech	8
10651545974	Martydom	submission to death or prosecution for the sake of faith or principle	9
10651558253	nefarious	wicked to the extreme	10
10651565860	orator	One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech	11
10651572317	pinnacle	A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak	12
10651574792	prelude	An introductory or opening performance	13
10651585675	reinstate	To restore to a former state, station, or authority	14
10651594058	ruminate	To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.	15
10651601815	stifle	to smother	16
10651605748	stringent	rigid	17
10651613213	transpire	to come to pass	18
10651639657	wry	Deviating from what is proper or right	19
10651677983	abridgment	A condensed form as of a book or play.	20
10651911296	baleful	malignant	21
10651917023	complacent	Pleased or satisfied with oneself.	22
10651922537	detriment	Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.	23
10651927307	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model	24
10651931476	fervor	Ardor or intensity of feeling.	25
10651936063	foist	To palm off, to give away to someone else	26
10651941149	impervious	impenetrable	27
10651944963	judiciary	That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.	28
10651949778	litigious	quarrelsome	29
10651953808	obsolete	No longer practiced or accepted	30
10651962066	percipitate	to force forward prematurely	31
10651978243	percipient	one who recieves	32
10651989509	presumption	That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.	33
10651993376	recapitulate	To repeat again the principal points of	34
10651999776	rigorous	uncompromising	35
10652004042	Socialism	A theory of civil politics that aims to secure the reconstruction of society	36
10652025535	superfluous	being more than necessary	37
10652031862	usurp	to take possession by force , bring down a person of authority	38
10652045138	writhe	To twist the body, face, or limbs as in pain or distress	39
10651689244	acerbity	Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.	40
10651699613	brevity	shortness of duration	41
10651705767	contravene	To prevent or obstruct the operation of.	42
10651714492	derision	ridicule	43
10651718417	encumber	To impede with obstacles.	44
10651722232	Epic	A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.	45
10651729907	idiosyncrasy	A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual	46
10651736130	insinuate	to imply	47
10651745254	lithograph	A print made by printing from stone	48
10651759336	nautical	related to sailing, sailors, or ships	49
10651761792	orthodox	holding the commonly accepted faith	50
10651765478	petulant	Displaying impatience	51
10651780981	protégé	One specially cared for and favored by another, a young person taught specific skills by an older, more experienced person	52
10651784441	recede	to move back or away	53
10651794424	remonstrate	To present a verbal or written protest protest again a wrongdoing, to admonsih	54
10651810173	resilience	The power of springing back to a former position or level	55
10651824680	skirmish	A battle between two armies that happens on a smaller scale	56
10651829280	supersede	To displace in favor of a person of higher authority	57
10651832222	vacillate	waver	58
10651835158	vertigo	dizziness	59