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- ABRASIONThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- ABSOLUTIONAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- ADHESIONThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- ADHESIVESticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
- ADJUNCTAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AMOEBICRelating to, or caused by an amoeba.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BIFURCATEDDivided into two branches.
- CALIPHATEMonarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.
- CAVERNOUSResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- COHESIONState of cohering, or of working together.
- COLLABORATETo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- COMPULSORYRequired; obligatory; mandatory.
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- CORPUSA collection of written or spoken texts. Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- DEFUNCTNo longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
- DEVIATETo go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- DIVULGETo make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- DUALITYThe quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- DUPLICATIONThe act of duplicating.
- ELUSIVEEvading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- ENMITYThe quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
- EXCURSIONA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
- EXHORTTo urge; to advise earnestly.
- FOUNDEROne who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- FRUITIONThe fulfillment of something worked for.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FUMIGATETo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
- GLORIFYTo exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
- GRIEVOUSCausing grief, pain, or sorrow.
- HEREDITYHereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their
- IMPUDENTNot showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
- INFLUXA flow inward or into something; a coming in.
- INTEGRALConstituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.
- INTERTo bury in a grave.
- JUDICATETo judge; to adjudicate.
- LIEUA place or stead.
- LINGUISTOne who studies linguistics.
- LUCIDITYThe property of being lucid; lucidness.
- LUXURIATETo enjoy luxury, to indulge.
- MANIFESTEvident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- MORIBUNDApproaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- OBLIVIOUSLacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
- OCCUPANTA person who occupies an office or a position.
- ORATIONA formal, often ceremonial speech.
- ORIFICEA mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
- PARITYEquality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- PERILOUSDangerous, full of peril.
- PONDEROUSHeavy, massive, weighty.
- PONTIFFA member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
- PRODUCTIVECapable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- PROXIMATEClose or closest; adjacent.
- PROXIMITYCloseness; the state of being near in space, time, or relationship.
- PUBESCENTAt or just after the age of puberty.
- PUNTYA metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with
- RAPIDITYspeed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- RECTIFYTo heal (an organ or part of the body).
- RECURSIONThe act of recurring.
- REPUDIATETo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- RETICENTUnwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
- RUINATETo reduce to ruins; to destroy.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SALIVATETo produce saliva.
- SAVANTA person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- SCYTHEAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- SEVERITYThe state of being severe.
- SOLEMNITYThe quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- SOMBREDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- SPECIOUSSeemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- SPURIOUSFalse, not authentic, not genuine.
- SUBVERTTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- SVELTEAttractively thin; gracefully slender.
- TENACITYThe quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- TITTLEAny small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
- TREMULOUSTrembling, quivering, or shaking.
- TURBIDHaving the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
- TURGIDDistended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- VANITYThat which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
- VEGETALCapable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
- VERACITYThe quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- VIBRANCYThe quality of being vibrant.
- VILIFYTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- VIRILEManly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.
- VORACIOUSWanting or devouring great quantities of food.