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1. Infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.






2. Very high






3. Tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe






4. (of a story) widely believed but untrue






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






6. Bear fruit; produce fruit






7. Extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting






8. Urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually






9. Melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition






10. Lack of self-confidence or courage






11. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune






12. Increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph






13. Main wooden stem of a tree; human body excluding the head and limbs; torso; prehensile nose of an elephant






14. Separate; part; CF. asunder






15. Mental calmness






16. Stoppage






17. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism






18. Make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb






19. Driving forward; N. propulsion






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






21. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful






22. V-shaped cut in a surface; V.






23. Annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)






24. Word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read






25. Lying below; fundamental






26. Sound on judgment; wise






27. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial






28. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together






29. Collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap






30. Pantry; place where food is kept






31. Clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against






32. Haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow - cilium






33. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate






34. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals






35. Remainder; balance






36. Treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)






37. Staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient






38. Moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave






39. Dry up






40. Distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse')






41. Dissenting (with an opinion - a group - or a government); rebellious; N.






42. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.






43. Increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas






44. Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg






45. Destruction; V. demolish






46. (of someone) awkward in movement; clumsy; (of something) unwieldy; Ex. ungainly dancer/instrument






47. Truthfulness; adherence to the truth






48. Division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)






49. Boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish






50. Unfairness; ADJ. inequitable






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