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1. Pitcher; container for holding liquids






2. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.






3. Unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause






4. Cause to sprout; sprout






5. Frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid






6. Complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.






7. Suffering from a disease; destroyed






8. Great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event






9. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree






10. Shield; protection; defense






11. Art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``W






12. Totally clear; definite; outspoken






13. Chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.






14. Severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction






15. Repeal; annul; cancel (a law - decision - or agreement)






16. Meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet






17. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive






18. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition






19. Art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances






20. Unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living






21. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get






22. Division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)






23. Designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison






24. Method of system or government






25. Ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy






26. Reverse the order or position of






27. Related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field






28. Long loose garment (worn by monks)






29. Counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview






30. Lustful






31. Connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)






32. Cruel; (of a disease) deadly






33. Egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate






34. Not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question






35. Trivial; unimportant






36. Aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce






37. Person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate






38. Raised platform used in preaching (in a church)






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






40. Make (a bill) into law






41. Defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor






42. Tending toward the center






43. Pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble






44. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics






45. Consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)






46. Brief explanation of words used in the text






47. Red or white cell in the blood






48. Homeless wanderer






49. Rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.






50. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten







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