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BASTION
 Definition
source of protection
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PROTOCOL
 Definition
code of conduct
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ACQUIESCE
 Definition
assent; passively agree
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DRAUGHT
 Definition
current of air; swallowing
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BETOKEN
 Definition
signify; indicate
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WAGGISH
 Definition
humorous; tricky
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SATELLITE
 Definition
small body revolving around a larger one
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BUNGLE
 Definition
mismanage; botch
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MNEMONIC
 Definition
pertaining to memory
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CONSCRIPT
 Definition
person forced into military service
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PUNCTILIOUS
 Definition
very attentive
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PENURY
 Definition
very poor; stingy
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VENAL
 Definition
corrupt; capable of being bribed
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FLIT
 Definition
fly; move light or quickly
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MAGNATE
 Definition
powerful or influental person
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LIBIDNOUS
 Definition
lustful
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MENDICANT
 Definition
beggar
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OAF
 Definition
stupid
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DOCILE
 Definition
obedient; submissive
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DERISION
 Definition
ridicule
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CUPIDITY
 Definition
greed
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QUISLING
 Definition
traitor who aids invaders
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TACT
 Definition
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
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SQUANDER
 Definition
to waste
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COLLOQUY
 Definition
informal discussion
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AMELIORATE
 Definition
improve
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ISTHMUS
 Definition
narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies
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SKULLDUGGERY
 Definition
dishonest behavior or action
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ODUIM
 Definition
abhorrence; hate coupled with disgust
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DESERTS
 Definition
what someone deserves
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NUGATORY
 Definition
worthless; futile
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INCURSION
 Definition
temporary invasion
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PROLIFERATE
 Definition
grow rapidly
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EUPHONY
 Definition
sweet sound
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PITHY
 Definition
concise and meaningful
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LAP
 Definition
take in food/drink with one's tounge
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ADULATION
 Definition
"sucking up"; "kiss ass"
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REDOUBTABLE
 Definition
causing fear; formidable
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ATTRITION
 Definition
gradual decrease in numbers
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POIGNANCY
 Definition
quality of being moved; with emotion
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FODDER
 Definition
feed for livestock
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REGALE
 Definition
entertain
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WARREN
 Definition
overcrowded living area
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ENTRANCE
 Definition
put under a spell
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RECONDITE
 Definition
not easily understood; abstruse
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CONSONANCE
 Definition
harmony; agreement
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AUGURY
 Definition
omen; sign of coming events
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SARTORIAL
 Definition
pertaining to tailoring
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INELUCTABLE
 Definition
irresistable; unavoidable
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ANALGESIA
 Definition
being unable to feel pain
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EPISODIC
 Definition
loosely connected
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ASTRINGENT
 Definition
harsh or severe
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QUOTIDIAN
 Definition
daily; customary
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SENTINEL
 Definition
lookout; a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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TOUT
 Definition
promote or publicize
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SOLILOQUY
 Definition
takling to oneself; monolouge
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FRUITION
 Definition
bearing fruit; fufillment
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JOCOSE
 Definition
ability to joke
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CONSUMMATE
 Definition
complete
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GAINSAY
 Definition
deny
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CONVIVIAL
 Definition
merry; festive
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COGENT
 Definition
convincing
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CONSPIRE
 Definition
take part in a consipracy; work together
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CLEMENCY
 Definition
lenient; mindless
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NOSTRUM
 Definition
questionable medicine
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CODIFY
 Definition
arrange; classify
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CONFLAGARATION
 Definition
great fire
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EPITHET
 Definition
descriptive phrase
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PEON
 Definition
bond servant
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PLIGHT
 Definition
(difficult) condition or state
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LABILE
 Definition
unstable; likely to change
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PANEGYRIC
 Definition
formal praise; encomium
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APOTHECARY
 Definition
pharmacist
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REQUISITION
 Definition
request; formal demand
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GERONTOCRACY
 Definition
government ruled by old people
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RAREFIED
 Definition
made less dense
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MADRIGAL
 Definition
pastroal song (esp. without instruments)
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ADEPT
 Definition
very skilled at
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LACONIC
 Definition
brief and to the point
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APPARITION
 Definition
ghost; phantom
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CONSANGUINEOUS
 Definition
having a common ancestor
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FRESCO
 Definition
painting on wet plaster
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ASPERITY
 Definition
sharpness or roughness; severity
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SALIENT
 Definition
prominent
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BROOK
 Definition
to tolerate, endure
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DUCTILE
 Definition
malleable pr flexable; easily convinced
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SUBVERSIVE
 Definition
to overthrow or ruin
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RIBALD
 Definition
lewd humor/joke
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PUGILIST
 Definition
boxer
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