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Lets go! quandary v. to deny oneself n. a puzzling predicament adj. small in quantity or importance adj. rude None reactionary n. a falling of the spirits n. oppressive drowsiness adj. expressing or causing sorrow or pain adj. pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction None vicarious n. harangue adj. cone-bearing trees adj. suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another adj. having no limit or end None manor n. a person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness adj. guilty adj. caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power n. the landed estate of a lord or nobleman None wampum n. beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency n. passage from one place, condition, or action to another adj. beginning adv. gradually None refute v. to prove to be wrong v. to cause to become frightened adj. having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible n. luster None wholly n. a woman who has never been married n. the act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally adj. having lost sparkling quality and flavor adv. completely None corporeal n. slight sickness adj. of a material nature; physical adj. not harsh v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of None minion adj. understood n. misfortune n. a servile favorite adj. melancholy None imbibe adj. pertaining to ancient times v. to enlist men for military or naval service adj. illogical v. to drink or take in None legislate adj. veracious n. the yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another adj. foolish v. to make or enact a law or laws None compressible adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass n. a social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised adj. lucid n. subtle contrivance used to gain a point None ailment n. remorseful feeling v. to comfort n. slight sickness v. to call or summon forth None perspicacious adj. astute n. sorcery n. a restriction n. estrangement None gravity adj. noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific n. one of three men united coordinately in public office or authority n. one who or that which is only of temporary existence n. seriousness None foresight n. the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch n. a piece of bric-a-brac n. provision against harm or need n. a breaking up of a union of persons None endemic n. proverb adj. peculiar to some specified country or people n. the state of being dormant n. the theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self None batten n. a narrow strip of wood v. to predict adj. being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc None abbey adj. beneficial n. a ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns v. to equip with less than the full complement of men None concur v. to deprive of water v. to agree n. a scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning n. a figure with six angles None revert v. to return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like v. to stick together n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy n. forcible encroachment or trespass None sibilate v. to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s n. a vehement appeal n. the face, countenance, or look of a person n. the quality of frankness or outspokenness None wizen n. the state of being joined together, or the things so joined v. to become or cause to become withered or dry adj. limited n. one who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay None impetuosity v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like n. rashness n. the getting rid of waste matter adj. strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom None mania n. insanity v. to misgovern adj. doubtful v. to throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like None emblem adj. causing or tending to cause exhaustion adj. involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages n. a symbol v. to clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty None composure n. calmness adj. not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony adj. taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned n. patient endurance or toleration of offenses None reformer v. to cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison n. a pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk n. a prominence n. one who carries out a reform None disyllable n. a word of two syllables n. a philanthropist n. proverb adj. irascible None course n. the quality of being grand or admirably great n. a young cow n. line of motion or direction adj. returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals None beneficial n. the common people n. harshness or roughness of temper adj. helpful n. the act or process of absorbing None prudence n. caution v. to wet or moisten n. rapt or rapturous utterance n. an eight-page newspaper of any size None oculist n. one versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye n. helpful result n. an acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act adj. conceited None obstetrician n. a human skull as a symbol of death v. to renounce (a right or privilege) n. a practitioner of midwifery adj. lacking foresight or thrift None indolence adj. changeable conj. even though v. to speak to n. laziness None vacate adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass adj. pertaining to the mind or soul v. to leave n. one skilled in metaphysics None deleterious adj. swollen v. to bring out more clearly the facts concerning adj. hurtful, morally or physically v. to make milder or more endurable None velvety adj. marked by lightness and softness n. a brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest n. a demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings v. to slander None epic adj. very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity n. a fossil reptile n. the property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints n. a poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc None successful adj. situated on the other side of the Alps n. the art of public speaking n. vacillation adj. having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity None Please enter the details so we can send you the results. 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