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13697729162 | Allocation | the action or process of allocating or distributing something. | 0 | |
13697734196 | Ascetic | One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | 1 | |
13697747266 | Beguile | To deceive; to charm; to enchant | 2 | |
13697749781 | Crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid | 3 | |
13697755056 | defray | to supply the money for; to pay | 4 | |
13697765521 | dint | means; effort | 5 | |
13697770705 | enjoin | to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit | 6 | |
13697774492 | envoy | (n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government) | 7 | |
13697777429 | interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | 8 | |
13697780462 | vicarious | (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another | 9 | |
13697788607 | auspicious | favorable | 10 | |
13697788608 | cavil | (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism | 11 | |
13697792529 | conducive | supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about | 12 | |
13697796392 | emulate | to imitate | 13 | |
13697800714 | fungible | interchangeable | 14 | |
13697803536 | garrulous | given to much talking, tediously chatty | 15 | |
13697803538 | imperious | (adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling | 16 | |
13697806252 | morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | 17 | |
13697821782 | proprietary | characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property | 18 | |
13697821783 | zeal | passion; excitement | 19 |