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adjutant |
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n. staff officer assisting the
commander; assistant |
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adj. showing hard work; taking
great care |
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n. hostile feeling or intent |
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n. extended line of men or
fortifications to prevent access or egress |
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adulation |
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n. narrow neck of land connecting
two larger bodies of land |
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adj. every two years |
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n. flattery; admiration |
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n. calmness; peace |
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addendum |
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n. inscription in memory of a dead
person |
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n. harshness; plainness |
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n. addition; appendix to book |
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v. hesitate |
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advent |
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v. bring upon oneself |
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v. approach and speak first to a
person |
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n. pride, haughtiness |
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n. arrival |
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addle |
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adj. drowsy; dull |
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n. deceit; duplicity |
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v. hint; imply |
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v. muddle; drive crazy |
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actuarial |
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n. commotion; riot |
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n. soothing or softening
remedy |
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adj. calculating; pertaining to
insurance statistics |
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n. thrift; economy |
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adjuration |
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adj. exhausting |
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adj. dirty; neglected |
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n. member of the working
class |
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n. solemn urging |
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adamant |
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adj. weighty; unwieldy |
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v. equip |
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adj. hard, inflexible |
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adj. outstanding; superior |
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adroit |
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adj. bantering; joking |
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adj. skillful |
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v. make less difficult |
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n. descendants; future
generations |
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adverse |
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v. sparkle; flash |
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n. brief explanation of words used
in the text |
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adj. unfavorable; hostile |
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v. echo; resound |
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adorn |
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v. leave to someone by means of a
will; hand down |
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n. the meat of a deer |
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v. decorate |
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n. statement that looks false but
is actually correct; a contradictory
statement |
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adjunct |
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n. hermit |
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adj. sleeping; lethargic |
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n. something attached to but
holding an inferior position |
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adj. very important |
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adulterate |
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n. seriousness |
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v. make impure by mixing with
baser substances |
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v. issue forth |
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n. confusion; strife |
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acuity |
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n. sharpness |
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adj. spread throughout |
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n. kinship |
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n. poverty, misfortune |
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adherent |
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adj. verbose; drawn out |
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n. supporter; follower |
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adj. conspicuously wicked |
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adj. irreverent |
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admonish |
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n. uprightness |
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v. fret; complain |
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adj. unorthodox;
unconventional |
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v. warn; reprove |
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adventitious |
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n. self-control; formal but
distant manner |
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v. cut away; trim |
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adj. fleeting; vanishing |
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adj. accidental; casual |
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acumen |
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adj. spotted; stained |
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n. prototype; primitive
pattern |
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n. premonition; foreboding |
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n. mental keenness |
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adversary |
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n. opponent; enemy |
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adj. imagined; unreal |
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n. mass of floating ice |
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adj. wasted away; gaunt |
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adage |
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v. wise saying; proverb |
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adj. pertaining to the people |
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v. follow |
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n. accident |
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