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alloy - V
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure
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appropriate - V
to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arrest, arresting - V/A
to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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august - A
majestic; venerable
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bent - N
leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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broach - V
bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook - V
to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal - A
major, as in cardinal sin
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chauvinist - N
a blindly devoted patriot
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color - V
to change as if by dyeing
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consequential - A
pompous, self-important
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damp - V
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die - N
a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay - V
to test or try; attempt; experiment
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exact - V
to demand, call for, require, take
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fell - V
to cause to fall by striking
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flag - V
to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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flip - A
sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
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ford - V
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse - V
to complain or grumble
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guy - N/V
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
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intimate - V
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list - V
to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber - V
to move heavily and clumsily
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milk - V
to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince - V
pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
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nice - A
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain - A
to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult - A
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian - A
commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pied - A
multicolored, usually in blotches
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pine - V
to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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plastic - A
moldable, pliable, not rigid
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pluck - N
courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize - V
to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils
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rail - V
to complain about bitterly
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quail - V
to lose courage, turn frightened
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sap - V
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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scurvy - A
contemptible, despicable
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sententious - A
aphoristic or moralistic, epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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singular - A
exceptional, unusual, odd
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stand - N
a group of trees
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steep - V
to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep
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stentorian - A
extremely loud and powerful
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strut - N
the supporting structural cross- part of a wing
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sycophant - N
toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer
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table - V
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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tendentious - A
biased; showing marked tendencies
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tender - V
to proffer or offer
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timorous - A
timid, fearful, diffident
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tyro - N
novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
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vitiate - V
to corrupt, debase, spoil, make ineffective
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voluble - A
fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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waffle - V
to equivocate, to change one's position
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