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florescence
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- condition or period of flowering
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retroactive
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- taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
- (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future
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deterrent
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- something that discourages or deters
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acclimate
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- adapt
- adjust to climate or environment
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couple
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taut
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- tight
- strained
- tense
- ready
- OP. slack
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ulterior
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- intentionally hidden
- beyond what is evident
- situated beyond
- unstated and often questionable
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rotunda
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- circular building or hall covered with a dome
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overwrought
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- nervous or excited
- extremely agitated
- hysterical
- wrought-up
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voyeur
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- Peeping Tom
- person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others
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verve
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- enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition)
- liveliness
- vigor
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ingratiate
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- become popular with
- bring (oneself) in favor of another
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pantomime
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asunder
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dynamo
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- generator for producing electricity
- energetic person
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impregnable
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- invulnerable
- impossible to capture or enter by force
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incandescent
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- strikingly bright
- shining with intense heat
- emitting visible light when heated
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pinnace
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orgy
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- wild drunken revelry
- unrestrained indulgence in an activity
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gainsay
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plait
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- braid
- interwine
- interweave strands or lengths of
- make by weaving strands together
- N: braided length as of hair o fabric
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emissary
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- agent (sent on a mission to represent another)
- messenger
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abusive
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- coarsely insulting
- physically harmful
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rescind
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- repeal
- annul
- cancel (a law, decision, or agreement)
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agog
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- highly excited
- intensely curious
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elope
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- run away secretly with the intention of getting married
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kinetic
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- producing motion
- of motion
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beware
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reputable
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- respectable
- having a good reputation
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preposterous
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- absurd
- ridiculous
- completely unreasonable
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perspicacious
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- astute
- (of someone) having insight
- penetrating
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kaleidoscope
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- tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effect
- series of changing events
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pterodactyl
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rectitude
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- moral correctness
- moral uprightness
- moral virtue
- correctness of judgment
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assurance
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- certainty
- self-confidence
- firm statement that something is certainly true
- promise or pledge
- confidence in one's own ability
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queue
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- line (of waiting people or vehicles)