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1. Superiority of power - quantity - etc.; V. preponderate: be greater in power - weight - or importance; ADJ. preponderant






2. Fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted.






3. Illicit lover






4. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






5. Knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry






6. Arise from; originate from






7. Ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad






8. Teaching; art of education






9. Accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence






10. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked






11. Ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision






12. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy






13. Related to a school; not practical or directly useful






14. Act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used






15. Small ornamental statuette(very small statue)






16. Protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate






17. One who foretells the future






18. Attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance






19. Sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter






20. Dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes






21. Severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction






22. Pertaining to marriage






23. Attack with abusive language; vilify(slander)






24. Window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room






25. Diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity






26. Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.






27. Small boat (often ship's boat)






28. Abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation






29. Violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream






30. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean






31. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage






32. Changeable; of a quickly changing nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex. volatile character/situation in the street






33. Not spacious; inconvenient






34. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring






35. Malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled






36. Ravenous; eating large quantities of food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex. voracious animal/reader






37. Fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston






38. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






39. Rubbing away; tending to grind down






40. Tiny; weak; insignificant






41. Venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard a guess; N: possible source of danger






42. Wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid






43. Annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation






44. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation






45. Cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing






46. Disposed to revenge; vengeful; out for revenge; spiteful; intended to cause harm; malicious; Ex. vindictive streak






47. Promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction






48. Unavoidable






49. Thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity






50. Seine net; net for catching fish






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