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  1. calibrate
    make fine adjustments for optimal measuring
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  2. synchronize
    happen at the same time
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  3. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
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  4. calibrated
    marked with or divided into degrees
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  5. expendable
    suitable to be used up
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  6. sheathe
    enclose with a protective covering
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  7. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
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  8. cower
    crouch or curl up
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  9. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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  10. revoke
    cancel officially
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  11. sheathed
    enclosed in a protective covering
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  12. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
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  13. infinitesimal
    immeasurably small
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  14. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
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  15. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
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  16. unavailing
    producing no result or effect
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  17. wither
    lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
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  18. symmetry
    balance among the parts of something
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  19. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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  20. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
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  21. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
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  22. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
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  23. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
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  24. vigilance
    the process of paying close and continuous attention
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  25. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
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  26. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
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    Indomitable
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    Annihilate
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  27. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
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    Indomitable
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    Annihilate
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  28. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
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    Vague
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    Indomitable
    Omen
    Unavailing
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    Withered

    Annihilate
    Expendable
    Infinitesimally
    Primeval
    Resilient
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    Sheathed
    Subliminal
    Taint
    Undulate
Created on Fri Aug 26 16:54:54 EDT 2011

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