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1. Gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater






2. Discourage






3. Ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art






4. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm






5. Not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit






6. Closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place






7. Allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society






8. Yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession






9. Please intensely; fill with rapture and delight






10. Story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)






11. Walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak






12. Only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent






13. Narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation






14. Flexible; limber; pliant






15. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions






16. Unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed






17. Fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional






18. Additional object; useful but not essential thing






19. Extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician






20. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue






21. Clear beef (or meat) soup






22. Suckle; take care of (as a nurse); bear in mind; Ex. nursing mother; Ex. nurse a hope/grudge against someone






23. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale






24. Connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal






25. Pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)






26. Prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky






27. Irritate; fester; annoy






28. Negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person






29. Power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual






30. Of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea






31. Something - such as a monument or holiday - intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative






32. Fear; nervous apprehension






33. Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.






34. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla






35. (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion






36. Long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record






37. Unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent






38. Stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch






39. One regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stere






40. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects






41. Thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink






42. Wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners






43. Iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence






44. Not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject






45. Servile dependent; obsequious follower






46. Bear fruit; produce fruit






47. Brother or sister






48. Group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)






49. (of a person) fat and round






50. Dig into (to get stone); N: mine







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