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abyss
n. enormous chasm; vast, bottomless pit
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agrarian
adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation; 농지의
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ardor
n. heat; passion; zeal
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brocade
n. rich, figured fabric
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circumscribe
v. limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
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contention
n. claim; thesis
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culvert
n. artifical channel for water
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diatribe
n. bitter scolding; invective
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dichotomy
n. split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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dissuade
v. persuade not to do; discourage
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egregious
adj. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
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enunciate
v. utter or speak, especially distinctly
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exigency
n. urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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fervor
n. glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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forlorn
adj. sad and lonely; wretched
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genteel
adj. well-bred; elegant
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guile
n. deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
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humdrum
adj. dull; monotonous
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impinge
v. infringe; touch; collide with
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indelible
adj. not able to be erased
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jaunty
adj. lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree
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levee
n. earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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maladroit
adj. clumsy; bungling
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metallurgical
adj. pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
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nonplus
v. bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; 어찌할바를 모르다
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periphery
n. edge, especially of a round surface
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ramshackle
adj. rickety; falling apart
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revelry
n. boisterous merrymaking
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scaffold
n. temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution
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squalor
n. filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state
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travesty
n. harshly distorted imitation; parody; debased likeness
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welter
- n. turmoil; bewildering umble
- v. wallow; to flounder about
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shoddy
adj. sham; not genuine; inferior
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tendentious
adj. having an aim biased; designed to further a cause
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belabor
v. explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
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bravado
n. swagger; assumed air of defiance; pretentious display of courage
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carrion
n. rotting flesh of a dead body
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chortle
v. chuckle with delight
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consort
n. husband or wife
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crotchety
adj. eccentric; whimsical
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defray
v. provide for the payment of
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effervescence
n. inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation
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enterprising
adj. full of initiatives
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execrate
v. curse; express abhorrence for
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felicitous
adj. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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