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1. Direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech






2. Student at a military school






3. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic






4. Make void






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






6. Pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)






7. Manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength






8. Large isolated system of stars - such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities






9. Going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism






10. Illegitimate child






11. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear






12. Pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate






13. Fill up again






14. Path of the sun and the planets






15. Disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement






16. One who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop






17. (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current






18. Of marriage or the wedding ceremony; N; nuptials; wedding ceremony






19. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot






20. Room or space under the roof; attic






21. Secure from corruption - attack - or violation(or profanation); unassailable; Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability






22. Meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore






23. Addition of details; intricacy






24. Exceed






25. Remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt






26. Spotted; stained; CF. immaculate






27. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






28. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful






29. Redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing






30. Dictionary






31. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten






32. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger






33. Vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating






34. Wrinkle






35. Dig up; discover (facts) by careful searching; Ex. He unearthed some secrets about her; OP. conceal






36. Small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel






37. Harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically






38. Deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises






39. Blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors






40. Unharmed; Ex. escape the accident unscathed






41. Bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.






42. Harass - annoy - torment (by repeated attacks); raid






43. Of or pertaining to the people






44. Burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither






45. Sorrowful; N. dolor






46. Marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array






47. Power of endurance; strength; staying power






48. Greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity






49. Of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)






50. Revere; treat with great respect







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