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gre
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english
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bvat
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1. Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
cerebration
murmur
culvert
onerous
2. Clamorous; noisy; V. vociferate: cry out loudly (when complaining)
vociferous
congruence
disenfranchise
preponderance
3. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
subversive
brawn
tenacity
mote
4. Stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.
propound
gloat
daze
foible
5. Persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion
suffocate
meretricious
groom
dissuade
6. Powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power
quack
puissant
orifice
vaporize
7. Petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble
tutelage
dabble
carping
florescence
8. Shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds
scenario
prophylactic
pacify
jostle
9. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.
purveyor
obelisk
unwonted
pulsate
10. Minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
ancestry
quorum
universal
sextant
11. Confuse thoroughly
scheme
befuddle
simian
usury
12. One who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work
incandescent
latent
expeditious
malingerer
13. Fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce
meditation
evanescent
splice
cipher
14. Gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle or fold
pedigree
pucker
acquittal
boor
15. (of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts
optician
adhere
stultify
raucous
16. Commit an offense; do (something wrong)
perpetrate
metrical
quash
noisome
17. Pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
sacrilegious
choleric
veritable
convivial
18. Drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)
quaff
encroachment
seduce
syllogism
19. Sustaining; means of livelihood - support - food - nourishment; something that maintains life; food
transmute
artifice
mutablility
sustenance
20. Long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.
furrow
despot
bombardment
legerdemain
21. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand
penetrate
slur
jug
exhale
22. Hint; slight indication
preternatural
inkling
causal
acrimonious
23. Speed
junket
velocity
shunt
ballast
24. Take pleasure in great comfort
luxuriate
asperity
rousing
latent
25. Abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus
eon(aeon)
sylvan
refrain
fallow
26. Detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct)
temperament
mystic
odium
scion
27. Angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath
pliable
exorbitant
irate
sow
28. (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom
depredation
virulent
ogle
vulgar
29. Marked by commotion or uproar; very noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious; causing loud laughter; extremely funny
predilection
icon(ikon)
uproarious
dehydrate
30. Black volcanic rock
conducive
sublime
obsidian
refute
31. Scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible
uproar
compulsory
contempt
prelate
32. New or newly coined word or phrase
neologism
demographic
gnarl
thrash
33. Exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality
impregnate
qualms
despot
except
34. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
deadlock
epilogue
choreography
gullible
35. Large sled drawn by work animals
onerous
agility
sledge
nubile
36. Style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine
attrition
confluence
cuisine
assuage
37. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.
flag
begrudge
libertine
denotation
38. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio
aria
beset
chassis
foment
39. Promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
tout
tractable
loll
scurry
40. Withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief
mite
incredulous
opprobrium
litigation
41. Hidden danger; concealed trap
talisman
pitfall
barb
chivalrous
42. Boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work
temerity
ludicrous
corrode
inopportune
43. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.
idle
forte
astringent
peripheral
44. In love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love
unerringly
enamored
paean
exempt
45. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
narrative
precedent
disingenuous
din
46. Concerning the sense of smell
galvanic
castrate
olfactory
gregarious
47. Seriousness; ADJ. grave
gravity
prattle
rake
carnivorous
48. Block or hinder; baffle; frustrate
intractable
forswear
inquisitive
thwart
49. 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)
incredulity
pestle
sentinel
riddle
50. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place
discomfit
topography
certitude
lancet
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