A false reason put forward to conceal the true one

To cause faster movement; to go faster

Pertaining to the family of horses; belongs to the family of horses/zebras

Widely occurring or in general use

The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning

Pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey

Transgression/Transgress

To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule

To rejoyce greatly; to be triumphant

Speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm

To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture

Interject/Interjection

A word/phrase sometimes inserted between other words, expressing emotion

Having the quality of a cow or ox; sluggish, dull

A house, enclosure, or a large cage for birds

To recover health after illness

To occur between events or periods

The chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power/cast spells

A member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars

Straying from what is normal or accepted

To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself

To assemble, especially for a meeting

A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government

To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known

To come as a natural increase or advantage

Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object

A collection of unrelated things

Speaking steadily, easy flow of words; talkative; glib

A place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey

To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling

To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject

An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess

A poem addressed to a particular moment/person that gave feeing to the poet

Pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding, One who rides or performes on horseback

Environment; the surrounding atmosphere

A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music

Winding; roundaboout / Underhanded; deceptive

Projecting up or out, Conspicious; striking

A humeruos imitation of a piece of literature or music

Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc., Incapable of being influenced or affected

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Pretext
The circumstances surrounding an event or situation
A gradual increase of sound, often referring to music
Conversation
A false reason put forward to conceal the true one
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Assailed
Passing quickly; transitory
Pertaining to or the characteristic of a fish
3
Accelerate
An early machine for measuring altitudes
Swiftness; quickness; speed
An opinion formed from iconclusive evidence; a guess
To cause faster movement; to go faster
4
Equine
Pertaining to the family of horses; belongs to the family of horses/zebras
Done or shown openly
A playful hop, leap, or skip
The art of riding horses
5
Prevail/Prevalent
A long speech made by a performer
Speaking in steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib
Heroic courage; bravery
Widely occurring or in general use
6
Celerity
A group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme
Swiftness; quickness; speed
Humiliating and miserable
Conversation
7
Valor
To attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly
A covered walk along the inside walls of a building
Haphazard or random
Herioc courage; bravery
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Context
To calm; ro make gentler or softer in feeling
The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Greatness of importance or size
The circumstances surrounding an event or situation
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Artisans
To mimic a style, plot, or idea for comic effect
A skilled craftsperson
Craftiness; trickery
A person who avoids mixing with people
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Transitory
Lasting for only a short while
Ahead of the times, especially in the arts
A tool or utensil
Straying from what is normal or accepted
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Simian
Pertaining to or resembling a pig
Pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey
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Transgression/Transgress
Ahead of the times, especially in the arts
Of a period before war, especially the American Civil War
To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule
To do as one is asked or ordered
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Exult/Exultation
Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched
To rejoyce greatly; to be triumphant
To attack violently; to assult
A dweling with two living units
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Rhapsody
Speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm
A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music
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Depict
A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing
Make (something) untidy or disordered
To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture
A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest
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Interject/Interjection
First in time or importance
A word/phrase sometimes inserted between other words, expressing emotion
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Bovine
A prank or wild escapade
A dressing table
A sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind
Having the quality of a cow or ox; sluggish, dull
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Aviary
A house, enclosure, or a large cage for birds
A house, enclosure, or a large cage for horses
A house, enclosure, or a large cage for cats
A house, enclosure, or a large cage for dogs
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Convalesce
To recover health after illness
Pertaining to a 100-year period
To use one's own advantage (to avail oneself of)
Heroic courage; bravery
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Intervene
To occur between events or periods
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work
To avaid; to evade by cleverness
A stanza or group of four lines of poetry
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Incantations
To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture
To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known
Forerunner
The chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power/cast spells
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Feline
Member of the family of dogs
Pertaining to or characteristic of a bear
One who deserts a group
A member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars
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Leonine meaning: Pertaining to a lion; having characteristics such as fierceness and majesty
False
True
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Aberration
Passing quickly; transitory
A form of government where one person or party has absolute control
Straying from what is normal or accepted
An incident in a person's life or in a story or play
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Efficacious
An exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc.
Effective as a means or remedy
A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government
Any great whole
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Incur
Humiliating and miserable
To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself
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Convene
A route of travel
To occur between events or periods
The degree brightness of a star
To assemble, especially for a meeting
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Abject
To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself
Humiliating and miserable
A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing
To divide into thee parts
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Factions
To attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly
Abnormal growth or outgrowth
A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
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Recants
Effective as means or remedy
Prove that (someone) is wrong
Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false
To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known
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Accrue
A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music
To come as a natural increase or advantage
An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess
To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule
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Transitive
Having unlimited power
Passing quickly
Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object
Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent
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Exodus
Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent
Effective as means or remedy
To make slender or small
Mass departure or immigration
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Conglomeration
Happening evry 200 years
A collection of unrelated things
Swiftness; quickness; speed
Help in time of distress
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Avail
To recover health after illness
To make an identical copy or double of something
To develope gradually
To use one's own advantage
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Voluble
Widely occurring or in general use
The beginning of something
To develope gradually
Speaking steadily, easy flow of words; talkative; glib
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Apiary
Typical to fish
In its early stages; in the beginning
A place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey
An ape or monkey
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Serpentine
Resembling a serpent in form or movement
Having qualities of a serpent: subtle, sly, sometimes even evil
All of the above
Sinious; winding
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Mollify
A false reason put forward to conceal the true one
To rejoyce greatly
The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling
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Deviate
To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known
To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject
Referring to the Roman Catholic Church
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
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Conjecture
Help in time of distress
A collection of unrelated things
An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events
An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess
42
Odes
A humeruos imitation of a piece of literature or music
A poem addressed to a particular moment/person that gave feeing to the poet
Conspicuous; striking
Prove that (someone) is wrong
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Equestrian
Pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding
Member of the family of dogs
One who rides or performes on horseback
Having the quality of a cow or ox; sluggish, dull
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Ambience
Feeding on both plants and meat
Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas
Environment; the surrounding atmosphere
Of a period before war, especially the American Civil War
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Discourse
Conversation
To coincide; to happen simultaneously
To prevent; to make impossible
Forerunner
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Crescendo
Effective as means or remedy
Abnormal growth or outgrowth
A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music
Plentiful; in large amounts
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Devious
Communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, etc.
Winding; roundaboout / Underhanded; deceptive
Uproar
Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc.
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Salient
Projecting up or out
Conspicious; striking
Buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune
A group of three, especially in authority
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Parody
Without deceit or cunning; natural; simple
Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched
A humeruos imitation of a piece of literature or music
To describe; to picture in words
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Impervious
To avoid by passing around
Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc.
Incapable of being influenced or affected
Devious or sly
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Itinerary
A musical composition of four voises or instruments
Arrival or coming into being
To cause faster movement; to go faster
A route of travel
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Intervention/Intervene
To occur between events or periods
To come between, thereby easing a situation
All of the above
To interfere or to interrupt
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Itinerant
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work
To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject
To occur between events or periods
To destroy a large part of
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Precursor
Forerunner
A collection of unrelated things
Help in a time of distress
To be generous
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Zoology is the science of dealing with animals.
True
False
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Excrescence
Contemptible
Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent
Effective as a means of remedy
Abnormal growth or outgrowth
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Obituary
Notice of a death with biographical information
Environment; the surrounding atmosphere
To satisfy an appetite fully; to gratify to excess
Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas
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Ursine
Pertaining to or the characteristic of a fish
Pertaining to or the characteristic of a serpent
Conceit, especially about one's appearance
Pertaining to or the characteristic of a bear

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