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cohorts

n. armed band

n. balance; balancing force

v. approve; ratify

v. give in; surrender

mollify

v. soothe

n. prototype; primitive pattern

n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source

sectarian

adj. inconspicuous; not blatant

n. questionable medicine

adj. narrow-minded; limited in scope

adj. truthful

behoove

v. show clearly

n. armed band

v. plunder

v. be suited to; be incumbent upon

aggregate

adj. hollow

adj. rosy; optimistic

n. excess; overabundance

n. sum; total

intermittent

adj. moved by sexual love; loving

v. pardon (an offense)

adj. periodic; on and off

n. precision; minute distinction

defeatist

adj. twisted; with a humorous twist

v. degrade; humiliate

adj. resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome

n. substance causing vomiting

faze

v. disconcert; dismay

n. savor; enjoy

adj. relating to cooking

n. conceit; vanity

dispel

adj. shining

v. scatter; drive away

adj. played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt, sharp sound

v. make hostile; separate

discombobulated

n. devoutness; reverence for God

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

ad. apart; reserved

adj. confused; discomposed

odious

n. subordinate possessions

adj. hateful

n. wild tumult

adj. depressed; gloomy

parley

v. put under a spell; carry away with emotion

adj. indecent; obscene

v. endure the effects of weather or other forces

n. conference

random

v. increase

v. move faster

adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard

adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body

dawdle

n. mixture of writings on various subjects

adj. pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

adj. loud and harsh

v. loiter; waste time

foist

n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

v. set free

v. insert improperly; palm off

v. lessen in value

satyr

adj. naive; young and unsophisticated

n. informal discussion

v. work laboriously; make slow painful progress

n. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning

annihilate

v. destroy

n. use of force

adj. profitable

adj. causing plague; baneful

disfigure

v. mar the appearance of; spoil

n. missile

n. long, eventful journey

n. moving force; incentive

recuperate

v. recover

v. to wind or turn in its course

v. ostracize; banish

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

redundant

v. bear fruit

adj. deep-rooted; habitual

v. suppress; extinguish

adj. superfluous; excessively wordy

analgesic

adj. causing insensitivity to pain

adj. ghastly

n. someone who wastes money

n. hermit

baffle

v. frustrate; perplex

v. related linguistically; allied by blood

v. appease

n. learned Hindu; any learned person

toga

n. fortress

n. pedestal; raised platform

n. Roman outer robe

adj. after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

stilted

adj. poisonous

adj. all-powerful

adj. bombastic; stiffly pompous

n. a small allowance or wage

exacerbate

n. wrong name; incorrect designation

v. pare; cut off bits

v. worsen; embitter

n. motion; gesture

reconcile

v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel

n. supplicatory prayer

adj. without feeling

v. avoid committing oneself; gain time

atrophy

adj. hairy

n. wasting away

v. commence; go on board a boat

n. study of insects

philatelist

n. stamp-collector

adj. dirty; neglected

v. pretend; conceal by feigning

adj. swift; momentarily brilliant

bigotry

n. stubborn intolerance

n. food

adj. sheer; transparent

v. enlarge

inundate

n. person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

n. deification; glorification

v. overflow; flood

adj. mild; fragrant

spatula

n. significance

n. idle person; male bee

n. broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

v. deprive of a civil right

interminable

adj. expedient; prudent

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

adj. endless

v. soothe

hinterlands

n. bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

adj. idealistic but impractical

n. back country

adj. wild; sensational

braggart

v. join together, unite

adj. praising

n. boaster

n. distance around something; circumference

fulminate

n. person of prominence or influence

adj. superficial; not thorough

v. state without proof

v. thunder; explode

militant

adj. regretful; sorrowful

adj. combative; bellicose

adj. having many talents; capable of working in many fields

adj. bloody

temporal

adj. not lasting forever; limited by time

v. surrender

v. bring upon oneself

adj. keen; shrewd

harbinger

n. forerunner

v. harass, annoy, torment; raid

v. shorten; reduce

v. issue forth

actuarial

n. misgivings

adj. dark; vague

n. spur; motive

adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics

runic

adj. mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet

n. effort; expenditure of much physical work

adj. requiring sitting

v. consider; ponder

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