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1. Provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)






2. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy






3. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia






4. Ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)






5. Blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums






6. Place over something else






7. Countercharges; V. recriminate






8. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)






9. Upward; high up in the air






10. Pertaining to the lungs






11. Grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation






12. Ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory






13. Deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right.






14. Very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand






15. Someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive






16. Outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly






17. Pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments






18. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face






19. Farewell or departure






20. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.






21. Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism






22. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement






23. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings






24. Former occupant of a post






25. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians






26. Roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route






27. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything






28. Loathe; hate






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






30. Painting in only one color; ADJ.






31. That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else






32. (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description






33. Yielding to another; ceding






34. Not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite






35. Black volcanic rock






36. Long - passionate - and vehement speech; V.






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






38. Surface texture; completeness of execution






39. Scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker






40. Overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury






41. Awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable






42. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)






43. Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)






44. Highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war






45. Put in danger






46. Serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model






47. Collarbone






48. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert






49. Deliberately planned; likely






50. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean






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