5000freevocab #1
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| aboveboard | without concealment, fraud, or trickery
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| actuary | an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums
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| adjuvant | auxillary; that helps or aids
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| animadversion | the utterance of criticism or censure; a critical (esp. unfavorable) comment (on or upon something)
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| ante | in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt
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| antracite | hard coal
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| antic | a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action
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| antilogy | a contradiction in ideas, statements, or terms
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| averse | reluctant
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| balsam | medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing
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| beck | to give a signal to, by nod or gesture
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| brae | a sloping bank; hillside
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| brimstone | sulfur
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| cameo | any small engraved or carved work in relief; a minor but well defined role in a play, movie, etc, esp. when performed by a notable actor
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| chagrin | a feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed or been disappointed; mortification
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| codicil | an addition to a will that changes, explains, revokes, or adds provisions
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| commissariat | the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs
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| chiffon | a very thin guaze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
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| complicity | participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer
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| cornice | an ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling
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| coxswain | one who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under a officer
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| culvert | any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal
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| curio | any unusual or rare article
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| cynosure | any person or thing that is the center of attention or interest
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| dendroid | treelike in form
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| derrick | a large apparatus for lifting and moving heavy objects
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| datum | something known or assumed; information from which conclusions can be inferred
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| defalcate | to steal or misuse funds entrusted to one's care; embezzle
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| caitiff | a mean, evil, or corwardly person
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| cadenza | an elaborate, often improvised musical passage played unaccompanied by the solo instrument in a concerto
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