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Affront
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tr. v. 1. To insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass.
2. An insult or offensive act.
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Capitalist
Root: Caput, Capitis |
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n. 1. A person who has invested personal wealth in business.
2. A very wealthy person.
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Capitulation
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n. Surrender; ending resistance.
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adj. 1. Pertaining to the brain.
2. Intellectual
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Cerebration
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n. The action of thinking; thought.
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Confront
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tr. v. 1. To stand or come directly in front of.
2. To face with defiance or hostility
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Decapitate
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tr. v. To cut off the head of; to behead.
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tr. v. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something).
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tr. v. 1. To wipe out; to obliterate. Also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out.
2. To make oneself inconspicuous.
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Effrontery
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n. Flippant or insulting boldness; audacity.
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n. 1. A face of a building.
2. The face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front.
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n. 1. One of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel.
2. One aspect of a situation, or of a tooth.
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Precipice
Root: Caput, Capitis |
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n. 1. A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock.
2. The edge of a dangerous situation
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Precipitate
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tr. v. 1. To throw down from a great height.
2. To make happen suddenly or quickly.
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Recapitulation
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n. 1. The restatement of a main idea.
2. A summary or concise review.
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Supercilious
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"eyelid." (A lifted eyebrow conveys an impression of haughtiness.)]
adj. Disdainful; haughty and aloof.
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adj. Relentless, unyielding.
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n. 1. A shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy.
2. A prophecy made at such a shrine.
3. A person who transmits prophecy from a deity.
4. A person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance.
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n. An adress or formal speech given on a special occasion.
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n. A mouth or vent; an opening.
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n. and intr. v. To kiss (usually used playfully).
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Indentation
Root: Dens, Dentis |
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Indenture
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n. 1. A written contract between two parties.
2. (usually plural) An agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master.
tr. v. To bind by written contract.
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Trident
Root: Dens, Dentis |
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n. A long three-pronged fork or weapon.
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Orthodontist
Root: Odon, Odontos |
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n. A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth.
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Gorge
Roots: Gurges, Gurgitis |
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n. 1. A deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, inclosed between mountains.
2. Gluttonous eating.
3. A feeling of nausea (used with rise).
intr. v. 1. To eat greedily
2. To fill full; to stuff.
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Disgorge
Roots: Gurges, Gurgitis |
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tr. v. 1. To expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit.
2. To discharge violently.
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Gargantuan
Roots: Gurges, Gurgitis |
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adj. Of immense size; gigantic.
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Gargoyle
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n. A grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall.
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Regurgitate
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tr. v. 1. To cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit.
2. To rush or surge back.
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