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1. Become boring; grow tiresome






2. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






3. State of being married






4. Obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude






5. Immature; half-baked; like a sophomore






6. Rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved






7. Free; without charge; ADJ.






8. Endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody






9. Inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence






10. Burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus






11. Pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic






12. Very high






13. Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road






14. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window






15. Very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end






16. Parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased






17. Very bad; detestable






18. Older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman






19. Frighten; N. intimidation






20. Antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N.






21. Nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense






22. Decorative edge of hanging threads; edge






23. Prevent by taking action in advance






24. Hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place; (of people) wait nearby; stay around one place; waver; be in an uncertain state






25. Bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal - feudalism






26. Undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd






27. Make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true - less admirable ones; N. rationalization






28. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






29. Extremely small






30. Holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing






31. Taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.






32. Paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)






33. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply






34. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology






35. Connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal






36. Rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents






37. Pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises)






38. Without deceit






39. Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative






40. Determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination






41. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices






42. Thought; working of the brain






43. Attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard






44. Confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand






45. Disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate






46. Not planned; impromptu; extempore






47. Double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous






48. Grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast






49. Silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy






50. Boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious







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