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| adroit | (adj) skillful in the use of hands or mind
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| amicable | (adj) peaceable, friendly
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| averse | (adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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| belligerent | (adj) given to fighting, aggressive; (n) one engaged in war
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| benevolent | (adj) kindly, charitable
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| cursory | (adj) hasty, not thorough
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| duplicity | (n) treachery, deceitfulness
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| extol | (v) to praise extravagantly
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| feasible | (adj) possible to be done
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| grimace | (n) a wry face; (v) to make such a face
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| holocaust | (n) a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
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| impervious | (adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance
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| impetus | (n) a moving force, stimulus
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| jeopardy | (n) danger
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| meticulous | (adj) extremely careful; particular about details
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| nostalgia | (n) a longing for something past
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| quintessence | (n) the purest form of something; the most typical example
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| retrogress | (v) to move backward, to return to an earlier condition
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| scrutinize | (v) to examine closely
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| tepid | (adj) lukewarm; unenthusiastic
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| adulterate | (v) to corrupt
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| ambidextrous | (adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful
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| augment | (v) to make larger
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| bereft | (adj, participle) deprived of
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| deploy | (v) to position or arrange
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| dour | (adj) stern, unyielding, gloomy
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| fortitude | (n) courage in facing difficulties
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| gape | (v) to stare with open mouth
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| gibe | (v) to utter taunting words; (n) an expression of scorn
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| guise | (n) an external appearance, cover, mask
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| insidious | (adj) intended to deiceve or enrap, sly, treacherous
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| intimation | (n) a hint, indirect suggestion
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| opulent | (adj) wealthy, luxurious, ample
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| pliable | (adj) easily bent, flexible, easily influenced
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| reiterate | (v) to say again
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| stolid | (adj) dull or unresponsive mentally or emotionally
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| tentative | (adj) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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| verbatim | (adj, adv) word for word
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| adversary | (n) enemy, opponent
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| alienate | (v) to make indifferent or hostile
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| artifice | (n) a clever trick or skill
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| coerce | (v) to compel by force
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| craven | (adj) cowardly; (n) a coward
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| culinary | (adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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| delete | (v) to erase, cut out
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| demise | (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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| exhilarate | (v) to give spirit or liveliness to
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| fallow | (adj) inactive; (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed
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| harass | (v) to disturb or worry, especially by repeated attacks
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| inclement | (adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude
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| muse | (v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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| negligible | (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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| perpetuate | (v) to make long lasting, permanent
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| precedent | (n) an example that serves as a basis for later action
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| punitive | (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment
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| redress | (v) to set right, remedy; (n) relief from wrong or injury
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| sojourn | (n) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time
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| urbane | (adj) refined in manner or style
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| unkempt | (adj) not combed; untidy
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| warily | (adv) cautiously
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