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  1. unicycle
    a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
  2. bicycle
    a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
  3. tricycle
    a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
  4. quadruplet
    one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  5. quintuplet
    one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  6. sextet
    six performers or singers who perform together
  7. millennium
    a span of 1000 years
  8. semiconscious
    partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations
  9. multiphase
    of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
  10. semiliquid
    somewhat liquid
  11. semicircle
    a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
  12. millennial
    relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
  13. external
    happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
  14. insert
    introduce
  15. import
    bring in from abroad
  16. substandard
    falling short of some prescribed norm
  17. protrude
    extend out or project in space
  18. transfuse
    give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
  19. transmit
    send from one person or place to another
  20. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  21. subnormal
    below normal or average
  22. internal
    located inward
  23. extract
    remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
  24. preview
    an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
  25. conduct
    (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
  26. dismantle
    take off or remove
  27. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
  28. intercept
    seize on its way
  29. convene
    meet formally
  30. inject
    force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
  31. eject
    put out or expel from a place
  32. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  33. reflex
    an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
  34. invert
    turn inside out or upside down
  35. impel
    urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  36. repel
    force or drive back
  37. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  38. transpose
    change the order or arrangement of
  39. submit
    yield to the control of another
  40. infer
    conclude by reasoning; in logic
  41. inspire
    serve as the inciting cause of
  42. respirator
    a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration
  43. precede
    be earlier in time; go back further
  44. conspire
    act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
  45. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  46. expel
    eliminate (a substance)
  47. inscribe
    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  48. contend
    compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  49. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  50. revert
    go back to a previous state
  51. induct
    place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
  52. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  53. compose
    form the substance of
  54. retract
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  55. deflect
    turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
  56. distract
    draw someone's attention away from something