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1. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.






2. Prosper; flourish






3. Balance; balancing force; equilibrium






4. Decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.






5. Unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead






6. Slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler






7. Ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment






8. Move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army






9. Desertion






10. Element; ingredient






11. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant






12. Smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent






13. Ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons






14. Impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved






15. Striker (tongue) of a bell






16. Someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis






17. Ransack; thoroughly search






18. In a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game






19. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






20. Disorderly fight between two or more people






21. Not repentant






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






23. Vinegary






24. Complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chickenlike game bird






25. Explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue






26. Echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.






27. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking






28. Insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence






29. In a state of rage; Ex. run amok






30. Feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness






31. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book






32. Boast






33. Moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse






34. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions






35. Meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word






36. Resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity






37. Shake repeatedly from side to side; Ex. The dog wagged its tail; N: humorous person; wit






38. Growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed






39. Outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; Ex. manifestation of his pronounced musical bent






40. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected






41. Shrill - trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times






42. Loyalty; accuracy






43. Less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger






44. Harmony; agreement






45. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic






46. Clearly different from others of the same kind






47. Pertaining to earthquakes






48. Opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion; ADJ. heretical; CF. heretic






49. Place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins






50. Room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline







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