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1. Sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time






2. Hint; imply; suggest indirectly; creep in; introduce or insert (oneself) by artful means; Ex. insinuate himself into the boss's favor; CF. ingratiate






3. (of behavior) proper; appropriate






4. Man who is courting a woman






5. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality






6. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude






7. Send out of the country; behave; N. deportation - deportment






8. Low - guttural - menacing sound (as of a dog)






9. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner






10. Pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person






11. Arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile






12. Enroll (in college or graduate school); CF. matrix






13. Corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)






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






15. (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure






16. Person of no importance; nonexistence






17. Eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce






18. Of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout






19. Hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop






20. Generator for producing electricity; energetic person






21. Width; extent






22. Differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance






23. Abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively






24. Distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule






25. Green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting






26. Premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)






27. Inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit






28. Bog; marsh; soft - wet - boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself






29. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate






30. Tending toward the center






31. Approval






32. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament






33. Change in direction; swerve






34. (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial






35. Frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb






36. Pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble






37. Something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented






38. Lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate






39. Excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria






40. Relating to the stars






41. Make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate






42. State of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference






43. Infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air






44. Persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle






45. Unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke






46. Set right; correct; CF. rect-: right






47. Illness






48. Unconquerable; unyielding






49. One who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress






50. Conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir






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