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  1. ablate
    wear away through erosion or vaporization
  2. agita
    a feeling of nervousness, stress, or aggravation
  3. apprehend
    anticipate with dread or anxiety
  4. avail
    be of use to, be useful to
  5. becoming
    displaying or setting off to best advantage
  6. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
  7. brethren
    the lay members of a male religious order
  8. breviloquent
    expressing much in few words
  9. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  10. caste
    a hereditary social class among Hindus
  11. cede
    give over
  12. chapbook
    a small pamphlet containing ballads, poems, tales, or tracts
  13. chicken
    a domestic bird bred for meat or eggs
  14. chintzy
    of very poor quality
  15. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  16. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  17. cromulent
    sufficient for the purpose; acceptable
  18. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  19. curry
    a South Asian dish flavored with a spice mixture
  20. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  21. demerit
    a quality or feature deserving censure
  22. deprecation
    a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
  23. diplomacy
    negotiation between nations
  24. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  25. ecclesiastic
    of or associated with a church
  26. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  27. enabler
    one who provides the means for another to perform some task
  28. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  29. expat
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  30. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  31. factional
    dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  32. fascist
    an adherent of right-wing authoritarian views
  33. fateful
    predetermined
  34. fete galante
    a refined rural festival held in the countryside
  35. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
  36. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  37. instance
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  38. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  39. lemniscate
    a geometric figure shaped like the number 8 sideways (∞)
  40. lot
    anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
  41. medium
    the surrounding environment
  42. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  43. mens rea
    criminal intent
  44. notwithstanding
    despite anything to the contrary
  45. opine
    express one's view openly and without fear or hesitation
  46. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  47. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  48. profoundly
    to a great depth psychologically
  49. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  50. psammophile
    an organism that favors or thrives in sandy areas
  51. recess
    a state when work or action are paused
  52. reflect
    throw or bend back from a surface
  53. reflexive
    referring back to itself
  54. repose
    freedom from activity
  55. resigned
    accepting that something unpleasant cannot be changed
  56. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  57. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  58. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  59. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
  60. stimulus
    any information or event that acts to arouse action
  61. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  62. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  63. tract
    an extended area of land
  64. truckle
    a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  65. tumescent
    swollen or distended
  66. twill
    a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
  67. unenthused
    lacking excitement
  68. union
    the state of being joined or united or linked
  69. venally
    in a corrupt and deceitful manner
  70. vice
    a specific form of evildoing
  71. weariness
    temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work
  72. whence
    from what place, source, or cause
  73. X factor
    a special quality that makes someone or something stand out
  74. xiphoid
    of a skeletal structure that is shaped like a sword blade
  75. zoophagous
    relating to or describing organisms that feed on animals
Created on Wed Dec 17 15:56:59 EST 2025 (updated Thu Dec 18 23:22:12 EST 2025)

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