Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 10)

                                                                      Part 10
  greedy

1. mean (bad)
2. predatory (reportorial)
3. rapacious (greedy)
4. voracious (greedy)
5. voraciousness (greediness)

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jealousy

1. covet (desire)
2. ennui (dissatisfaction)

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dirty

1. frowzy (untidy)
2. murky(dirty)
3. opaque(cloudy)
4. putrid (stinking)
5. scutwork (dirty work)

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teacher / guide

1. Adonis (striking youth)
2. guru (hindu or sikh religious teacher)
3. imam (religious leader)
4. shaman (religious specialist)
5. docent (guide)
6. mentor(guide)
7. regime (rule)
8. lodestar (guiding star)

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knowledge / intelligent

1. acumen (wisdom)
2. adage (wise saying )
3. apprehension (understanding)
4. incisive (intelligent)
5. judicious (wise)
6. ken (knowledge)
7. nuance (slight difference)
8. sagacity (wisdom)
9. perspicacious (wise)
10. wunderkind (genius)

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lecture / speech

1. discourse (speech)
2. harangue (long lecture )
3. jeremiad (long sad complaint)
4. peroration (speech)

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prevention

1. militate (prevent)
2. preclude (prevent)
3. regnant (controlling)
4. preemptive (preventive)

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increase

1. accrue (accumulate)
2. ameliorate (enhance)
3. amenities (comforts)
4. enhance (increase)
5. crescendo (a gradual increase)
6. stagflation (increase in prices)

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top point / juncture / low point

1. tipping point (climax)
2. transcend (top)
3. vertex (top)
4. juncture (a particular point moment)
5. nadir (lowest point)
6. menial (lowly)
7. relegate (downgrade)

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wine words

1. claret (red wine)
2. cuvee (a single batch of wine)
3. sec (tasteless champagne)
4. vintner (somebody who sells wine)

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walk

1. ambulatory (adapted for walking)
2. divagate (stray)
3. mosey (ambell)
4. sidle (sneak)

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Belonging to people

1. actuary (accountant)
2. aboriginal (native)
3. arbiter (a person who settles disputes)
4. hawk (a war like person)
5. dark horse (winner)
6. innocuous (harmless)
7. kahuna (important person)

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acceptance

1. acquiesce (to accept without arguing)
2. assimilate (make an idea acceptable)
3. assume (accept that something is true)
4. condone (to accept something that is morally bad)
5. premise(assumptions)
6. supposition (idea)

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imaginative

1. afflatus (strong creative impulse)
2. chimerical (fabulous)
3. el dorado (an imaginary place of great wealth)
4. figment (fancy)
5. mesmerize (captivate)

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throwing

1. cast (act of throwing something)
2. defenestration (act of throwing)
3. jettison (throw out)
4. precipitate (throw)
5. prune (trim)

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 9)

                                                                   Part 9

noisy words

1. bray (yell)
2. clamorous (noisy)
3. hue and cry (clamor)
4. kerfuffle (unnecessary excitement)
5. rambunctious (loud)
6. resound (echo)
7. vociferous (vocal)
8. woof  (yell)
9. obstreperous (noisy)
10. resonance (echo)
11. stentorian (loud)

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  paper related

1. origami (art of paper folding)
2. paper tiger (weak person)
3. papier -mache (paper mixed with glue)
4. pad (notebook)
5. papyrus (earliest form of paper used by Egyptians)
6. buckle (fastener)
7. staples (paper fasteners)

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Religious words

1. avatar (embodiment of Hindu deity)
2. denomination (branch of christian church)
3. incarnate (taking of human form)
4. fakir (a religious Muslim or Hindu)
5. piety (holiness)
6. prig (person having strong belief )
7. sanctity (holiness)
8. shaman (healer)
9. liturgy (ritual)
10. monotheism (belief in one GOD)
11. caliph (dynasty)
12. imam (religious leader)
13. jihad (holy war)
14. infidel (unbeliever)
15. maverick (free spirit)

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roads / tracks / traffic

1. berm (a raised area of ground)
2. jitney (bus carrying passengers)
3. juggernaut (a large truck)
4. camber (a slight curve in road)
5. cul-de-sac (street closed at one end)
6. grid lock (traffic jam)
7. chicane (a sharp double bend car racing)
8. dead end (road closed at one end)
9. under steer (a motor vehicle tendency to turn less sharply than expected)
10. tail gate (back door of a vehicle)
11. velodrome(a track for cycle racing)

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travelling / visit

1. Baedeker (guide book for travels)
2. commute (travel to work)
3. itinerant (nomadic)
4. junket (a trip)
5. journeyman (learner)
6. junta (group of military officers)
7. sojourn (stay,visit)
8. stay (visit,holiday)

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Respect

1. accolade (honor)
2. impute (attribute)
3. laud (praise)
4. cachet (value)
5. meritorious (excellent,praise worthy)
6. deferential (polite)
7. encomium (praise)
8. venerable (respected)
9. obeisance (bow,respect)
10. repute (prestige)

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 8)

                                                                    Part 8

  Music related

1. aria (a song for one voice)
2. diva (famous female singer)
3. jig (dance)
4. dulcet (melodious)
5. etude (piece of music)
6. trilogy (drama)
7. euphonious (pleasant to listen)
8. leitmotif (tune in music)

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  Medical terms

1. acupuncture (pricking)
2. angina (chest pain due to low supply of blood)
3. anaphylactic (highly sensitive)
4. aneurysm (extreme swelling of artery)
5. antibody (material which fight with diseases)
6. articulated (joint segments)
7. atrophy (washing away)
8. cesarean (surgical birth)
9. capsule (pill)
10. catharsis(purging)
11. chromosomes(structure with genes)
12. coccyx (tailbone)
13. contiguous (adjacent)
14. contusion (injury)
15. crescent (sickle shaped)
16. corpuscles (cells in blood)
17. fermentation (bubbling)
18. glaucoma (eye disorder)
19. glucose (sugar energy)
20. holistic -medicine (preventive medicine)
21. hallux (first digit onfoot)
22. herbicide (wed killer)
23. homeopathy (treatment with small amount of medicine)
24. hypertension (high blood pressure)
25. hypothermia (low blood pressure)
26. ichor (pus)
27. inoculate (vaccine)
28. ligament (connection)
29. lineage (ancestry)
30. metabolism(chemical process)
31. orthotics(orthopodic)
32. paramedic (medical assistance)
33. placebo (inactive)
34. pollex(first digit of hand)
35. quadriceps (thigh muscle)
36. remedial (healing)
37. sanatorium (hospital)
38. sciatica (pain in legs)
39. septic (infected)
40. somatic (material)
41. symbiosis (association)
42. therapeutic (healing)
43. traction (grip)
44. triage (sorting out patient)
45. vascular (containing vessels)
46. venomous (poisonous)
47. ventricle (heart chamber)
48. virulent (lethal)
49. xeric (deficient in moisture)

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 Science related

1. aerobic  (exercise for good health)
2. aerodynamic (to reduce air resistance)
3. ampere (unit of current)
4. avoirdupois (system of weights)
5. carapace (animals hard shell)
6. chiaroscuro (contrast between light and shade)
7. catalyst (agitator)
8. comatose(in coma)
9. demographics (data of population)
10. electrolyte (solution conducting current)
11. fistmele (seven inches)
12. flux (constant change)
13. lathe (tuning tool)
14. lipid (an oily organic compound)
15. nuclear family (extended family )
16. nip and tuck (medical operation in which skin is made tighter)
17. odometer (speedometer)
18. palpitation(pulse)
19. peripheral (outer edging)
20. periphery (edge)
21. permeate(pervade)
22. polyunsaturated (low in cholesterol)
23. vulcanize (solidify)

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 7)

 insulting

1. aspersion (unpleasant)
2. blasphemous (insulting)
3. contumely (insult)
4. decry (criticize)
5. mordant (bitter)
6. trashtalk (insulting)

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scold

1. admonition (rebuke)
2. berate (scold)
3. broadside (salvo)
4. chastise (scold)
5. exhortation (warning)
6. kibitz (make unwanted comments)
7. pan (criticize)
8. vituperative (blame)

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athletics

1. aerobic exercise (exercise in which oxygen is inhaled)
2. calisthenics (gymnastics)
3. decathlon (athletic contest)
4. fartlek (athletic training)
5. regatta (boat racing)
6. taichi (chinese system of exercise)
7. rope-a-dope (strategy)

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justify / clear / confirm / verify

1. corroborate (confirm)
2. elucidate (clear)
3. evocative (suggestive)
4. ineradicable (accepted)
5. justify (explain)
6. lucidity(clarity)
7. moot (debatable)
8. postulate (put forward)
9. stipulate (impose)
10. syllogism (argument)

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false / fake

1. apocryphal (false)
2. faux (fake)
3. spurious (fake )
4. stilted (false)
5. superficial (artificial)
6. specious (false)

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implant

1. embed (fixing)
2. embedded (place solidly)
3. inculcate (imprint)
4. jell (set)

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flexible / possible / suitable

1. feasible (practical)
2. felicitous (suitable)
3. opportune (favorable)
4. uncanny (remarkable)
5. viability (possible)

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display / show off

1. diorama (display case)
2. diptych (pointing to panels)
3. flaunt( to show pride)
4. manifestation (display)
5. pomp (display)
6. vista (view)

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 mixture & collection

1. potpourri (blend)
2. motley (mixed)
3. mosaic (collage)
4. infusion ( solution obtained by soaking)
5. archives (collections of historical documents)
6. batter (mixture used for making cakes)
7. battery (large number of similar things)
8. collage (collection of pictures)
9. heterogeneous (mixed)
10. medley (mixture)
11. melange (blend)
12. montage (collage)

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 6)

                                                                       Part 6

 parts / segments

1. bifurcate (split)
2. segment (section)
3. lions share (largest part of something)
4. quarter (one of four part)
5. quintile (distribution)
6. sunder (divide)
7. sub division (lower group)
8. smithereens (fragments)

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 hatred

1. disdain (hate)
2. execrable (hateful)
3. heinous ( odious)
4. malevolence (hostility)
5. misanthrope (hater of man kind)
6. scorned (disliked)

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 bad manners

1. anomie (lack of moral standard)
2. barbaric (cruel)
3. feral( wild)
4. gaudy (insipid)
5. implacable (cruel)
6. iniquity (evil)
7. paddy (rage)
8. peccadillo (small fault)
9. rakish (immoral)
10. virago (aggressive women)
11. Xanthippe (virago)
12. xenophobic(intolerant)

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doubtful

1. askance (indirect glance)
2. cynical (doubtful)
3. impugn (dispute)
4. skeptic (cynic)
5. scruple (hesitation)
6. skeptical (doubt full)
7. premonition (feeling about bad suspicion)

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hotels & bars

1. bistro (cafe)
2. smorgasbord (self service meal)
3. spa (resort)
4. table d' hote (fixed price meal)

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 food

1. palatable (appetizing)
2. Seder (Jewish feast)
3. patisserie (cake shop)
4. potable (drinkable)
5. provender (food)

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lazy

1. belated (happening late)
2. defer (late)
3. inertia (inactive)
4. jejune (dull)
5. menial (unskilled)
6. torpid (inactive)
7. vegetative (do nothing)
8. pedestrian (dull)
9. immobilize (disable)
   
   

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 5)

                                                   Part 5

flattering

1. blandish (flatter)
2. cosset (pamper)
3. coquetry (flirting)
4. fawning (servile)
5. glib (smooth talking)
6. sycophant (toady)
7. wheedle (coax)

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 cheat & tricky

1. artifice (cunning)
2. bamboozle (cheat)
3. beguile (fool)
4. covert (hidden)
5. gambit (scheme)
6. mountebank (quack)
7. perfidious(cunning)
8. perfidy( duplicity)
9. scam (cheat)
10. stratagem (trick)

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dishonesty

1. devious (dishonesty)
2. duplicitous (deceptive)
3. finagle (deceive)
4. Sandbagger (cunning)
5. mulct (cheat)
6. venality (fraud)
7. disingenuous (dishonest)

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Greek mythology

1. Adonis (handsome men)
2. amazon (strong women)
3. Asgard (mythical heaven)
4. bacchanal (marry making)
5. hector (bully)
6. Cerberus (mythical dog)
7. dryad (nymph)
8. Edda (collections of ballads)
9. herculean (difficult)
10. hydra (mythical snake)
11. ichor (blood of gods)
12. Nibelung (dwarf)
13. Nike (Greek goddess of success)
14. titan (giant)
15. Xanadu (dreamland)

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enthusiasm

1. alacrity (eagerness)
2. auspicious (encouraging)
3. avid (eager)
4. brio (zest)
5. effervescent (excited)
6. exhortation (motivation)
7. galvanize (motivate)
8. impetuous (impulsive)
9. impetus (motivation)
10. incentive (motivation)
11. stimuli (motivation)
12. verve (enthusiasm)

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funny / happy

1. buoyant (happy)
2. cloud nine (bliss)
3. droll (funny)
4. felicity (joy)
5. halcyon (happy)
6. jocund (happy)
7. jocular (funny)
8. mirth (great joy)
9. sanguine (hopeful)
10. serendipity (good luck)
11. riff (joke)

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Grouping of MCAT Vocabulary ( Part 4)

                                                                        Part 4

 foolish

1. crass (insentitive)
2. dead head (fool)
3. dunce (ass)
4. flibbertigibet (silly)
5. galoot (ugly men)
6. inanity (silliness)
7. mumbo jumbo (non sence)
8. obtuse (stupid)

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 ethical words

1. august (eminent)
2. beneficence (politeness)
3. benign (gentle)
4. chivalry (courtesy)
5. cordial (freindly)
6. cordiality (warmth)
7. decorum (polite)
8. dote (love)
9. ethic (morality)
10. giuleless (honest)
11. humane (kind)
12. largess (generoisty)
13. magnanimous (generous)
14. renege (default on)
15. sensibility (feelings)
16. treacly (over emotional)
17. urbane (sophisticated)
18. veracity (truth)

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strong / strengthen / inflexible

1. adamentine (infexible)
2. coercive (forcefull)
3. crenellate (fortified)
4. intrasigent(resolute)
5. onerous (tough)
6. robust (strong)
7. tenacious (strong)
8. under gird (support)
9. unregenerate(inflexible)

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  fighting / murder / killing / attack

1. bonk (slap)
2. contusion (injury)
3. cut and run (quick escape flee )
4. genocide (mass murder)
5. hammers & tongs (fight with energy)
6. immolate (kill)
7. joust (fight)
8. onslaught (violent attack)
9. paroxysm(attack)
10. querulous (petulant)
11. tussle(fight)
12. vendetta (feud)
13. whiplash (hit with whip)
14. jack knife (blade)
15. shrapnel (bullet)

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  best choice /classic / perfect

1. classic (perfect)
2. copacetic (perfect)
3. infallible (perfect)
4. jingoism (extreme patriotism)
5. irrefutable (certain)
6. optimum (best)
7. paragon (outstanding)
8. peerless (matchless)
9. quintessential (ideal)
10. sui generis(unique)
11. surrealistic(classic)
12. uber (paragon)
13. vintage (best choice)
14. unmitigated (perfect)
15. idealist (dreamer )

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fashion

1. comely (beautiful)
2. contemporary (modern)
3. lulu (outstanding women)
4. lissome (thin and attractive)
5. manicured (neat)
6. modish (stylish )
7. rakish (dashing )
8. renovate (modernize)
9. voguism (passion for fashion)

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Comprehension Passage in ECAT 2012

Read out the Passage and answer the questions given below:

The manner in which the three buildings of World Trade Center (WTC) collapsed has given rise to many questions. These questions were raised by experts. For instance, a substantial part of its material was converted into power. How does one explain this? According to the "official" version, the building collapsed because the vertical steel rods, around which the entire structure was erected, were melted by the fire. According to experts, steels melt at around 1500 degrees centigrade. Experimental studies with fires in building have revealed that the highest temperatures in such fires never exceed 400 degree centigrade. How does one explain this discrepancy? How could the fire resulting from planes hitting the building outside melt, if at all, the steel rods in the center region? If, claimed, the steel rods did melt, then why did the top of the half of the rods not bend to one side or the other, carrying the upper parts of the building with it. The lower half should have stayed intact. Why did this not happen? How was it that a group of one of the tallest building in the world collapsed symmetrically and perfectly within the footprints? There is another mystery associated with the collapse of the WTC buildings. A third building known as WTC 7, that was not hit by a plane also collapsed within its footprints in the same manner as the other two collapsed?

Questions:

Q.1) Steel melts: 
a) At 400 degree centigrade 
b) When a plane brushes it at high speed. 
c) At 1500 degree centigrade 
d) Due to impact 


Q.2) Experts believe that when a tall steel structure is hit by a body, of comparatively very small size, at a point: 
a) Then the whole structure collapses vertically
b) Then the upper portion would tilt to a side and the lower portion would remain intact. 
c) Then the structure would turn into powder.
d) Then the structure would explode and scatter all around.

Q.3) Questions raised by technical experts on the collapse of WTC: 
a)  Substantiate the "official" version explaining the cause of collapse. 
b)  Point to massive corruption by contractors Constructed the WTC complex. 
c) Help us in concluding that steel structures are highly unreliable
d) Strengthen the argument that collapse of WTC complex was not because of planes colliding and that the "official" version is meant to hide the truth behind the whole episode.

Note: The total number of questions was 5, couldn't get the other two questions but those were also very very simple. Many students secured 10/10 in English portion . 

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Vocabulary List of NET-1

Below is the list of words which were asked in NET-1 for synonyms and antonyms.
These were provided by the students who took the test .
Many of these words are from the SAT word list .

Number	Words	Meanings
1	enigma	mystery , puzzle
2	flippant	rude, superficial
3	exacerbate	infuriate, make worse
4	abhor	detest, hate
5	censure	severe criticism, blame
6	prodigal	dissipated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate
7	magnanimous	beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, forgiving, generous
8	nuzzle	Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth, bundle, burrow, caress, nestle, nudge
9	benign	amiable, beneficent, benevolent
10	august	dignified, noble
11	sumptuous	luxurious, splendid
12	blemish	flaw, beauty spot
13	fulminate	criticize harshly, denounce
14	analogous	akin, alike, comparable, consonant
15	sluggish	dull, slow-moving
16	apportion	divide into shares, accord, admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, assign
17	vivacious	lively, spirited
18	dowdy	poorly dressed, old-fashioned, antiquated
19	gregarious	friendly, affable, clubby, companionable
20	venial	pardonable, all right, allowable, defensible
21	amiable	friendly, agreeable
22	arrogate	claim without justification, accroach, appropriate, assume
23	stingy	close-fisted, costive, thrifty
24	calm	peaceful, quiet
25	aggregate	accumulated, added, amassed, assembled, collected
26	apprise	advise, brief, enlighten, fill in, inform, notify
27	appalled	alarm, amaze, astound, horrify
28	intrepid	brave, nervy, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless
29	throttle	burke, control, gag, inhibit, silence, smother
30	capacious	abundant, broad, comfortable, commodious
31	prodigality	absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess
32	brunt	burden, force, impact, pressure
33	ascribable	capable of being traced,  attributable, derivative, detectable
34	knave	rascal, swindler, villain
35	effusive	gushing, profuse,  big mouthed, demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic
36	artful	skillful, cunning, adept, adroit, clever, crafty
37	spontaneous	impulsive, willing,
38	venial	pardonable, all right, allowable, defensible, excusable, explainable
39	audacious	reckless, daring
40	adulterate	pollute, cheapen
41	subdue	keep under control, moderate, triumph over, vanquish
42	perturbed	troubled, anxious, bothered, flustered, restless, uneasy, upset
43	beckon	call, signal, or lure
44	tranquility	peace, quiet, serenity, stillness
45	fleece	plunder, steal
46	horde	band, crew, crowd, crush, drove
47	improvise	make up, fake, slapdash
48	engross	hold one's attention, absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract
49	pauper	person who is poor, almsperson, bankrupt, beggar
50	barbaric	crude, savage, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce
51	kindle	start a fire, blaze, burn, fire, flame, flare, glow, ignite
52	badger	nag, bother, importune
53	intricate	complicated, elaborate, tangled, tortuous, tricky
54	illicit	not legal, forbidden
55	elicit	draw out,  evoke, evolve
56	obesity	bulk, chubbiness, chunkiness, fatness, overweight
57	acrid	bitter, sour to taste

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