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reconcile

v. avoid committing oneself; gain time

n. supplicatory prayer

adj. without feeling

v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel

mollify

v. soothe

adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source

n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

n. prototype; primitive pattern

redundant

v. bear fruit

v. suppress; extinguish

adj. deep-rooted; habitual

adj. superfluous; excessively wordy

defeatist

n. substance causing vomiting

adj. resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome

adj. twisted; with a humorous twist

v. degrade; humiliate

baffle

n. learned Hindu; any learned person

v. frustrate; perplex

v. appease

v. related linguistically; allied by blood

satyr

v. work laboriously; make slow painful progress

n. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning

adj. naive; young and unsophisticated

n. informal discussion

toga

n. pedestal; raised platform

adj. after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

n. fortress

n. Roman outer robe

behoove

v. plunder

n. armed band

v. show clearly

v. be suited to; be incumbent upon

militant

adj. combative; bellicose

adj. regretful; sorrowful

adj. bloody

adj. having many talents; capable of working in many fields

sectarian

n. questionable medicine

adj. inconspicuous; not blatant

adj. truthful

adj. narrow-minded; limited in scope

temporal

adj. not lasting forever; limited by time

v. bring upon oneself

v. surrender

adj. keen; shrewd

random

adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard

v. move faster

v. increase

adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body

odious

n. wild tumult

adj. hateful

adj. depressed; gloomy

n. subordinate possessions

foist

v. set free

v. lessen in value

n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

v. insert improperly; palm off

cohorts

v. approve; ratify

v. give in; surrender

n. balance; balancing force

n. armed band

disfigure

v. mar the appearance of; spoil

n. long, eventful journey

n. missile

n. moving force; incentive

interminable

adj. expedient; prudent

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

v. soothe

adj. endless

actuarial

adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics

n. spur; motive

n. misgivings

adj. dark; vague

aggregate

adj. rosy; optimistic

n. excess; overabundance

n. sum; total

adj. hollow

discombobulated

n. devoutness; reverence for God

ad. apart; reserved

adj. confused; discomposed

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

faze

adj. relating to cooking

n. conceit; vanity

v. disconcert; dismay

n. savor; enjoy

fulminate

n. person of prominence or influence

v. thunder; explode

v. state without proof

adj. superficial; not thorough

analgesic

adj. causing insensitivity to pain

n. hermit

n. someone who wastes money

adj. ghastly

philatelist

v. pretend; conceal by feigning

n. stamp-collector

adj. dirty; neglected

adj. swift; momentarily brilliant

recuperate

v. to wind or turn in its course

v. recover

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

v. ostracize; banish

stilted

adj. bombastic; stiffly pompous

adj. poisonous

n. a small allowance or wage

adj. all-powerful

hinterlands

adj. wild; sensational

n. bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

n. back country

adj. idealistic but impractical

parley

n. conference

v. put under a spell; carry away with emotion

v. endure the effects of weather or other forces

adj. indecent; obscene

inundate

v. overflow; flood

n. person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

adj. mild; fragrant

n. deification; glorification

harbinger

v. issue forth

v. harass, annoy, torment; raid

v. shorten; reduce

n. forerunner

spatula

n. broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

n. significance

n. idle person; male bee

v. deprive of a civil right

exacerbate

v. worsen; embitter

n. motion; gesture

n. wrong name; incorrect designation

v. pare; cut off bits

bigotry

adj. sheer; transparent

n. stubborn intolerance

v. enlarge

n. food

braggart

adj. praising

n. boaster

v. join together, unite

n. distance around something; circumference

atrophy

n. wasting away

v. commence; go on board a boat

n. study of insects

adj. hairy

runic

adj. requiring sitting

v. consider; ponder

adj. mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet

n. effort; expenditure of much physical work

dispel

v. scatter; drive away

adj. played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt, sharp sound

v. make hostile; separate

adj. shining

dawdle

v. loiter; waste time

adj. loud and harsh

adj. pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

n. mixture of writings on various subjects

annihilate

adj. profitable

n. use of force

v. destroy

adj. causing plague; baneful

intermittent

n. precision; minute distinction

adj. moved by sexual love; loving

v. pardon (an offense)

adj. periodic; on and off

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