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alleviate, astrology, differentiate, disrupt, equation, err, erroneous, frantic, hull, inadvertent, improvise,

1 latitude, mariner, multitude, nuisance, permanence, revolve, soothe, stranded, volatile

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arduous, attain, coexist, conceive, dubious, ego, elastic, endeavor, engrave, excavate,

2 jagged, locale, mold, outright, periphery, plaster, shovel, skeletal, terrestrial, vicious

14

absurd, anemia, aristocracy, aristocrat, attire, craze, enlarge, excess, feminine, hallmark,

3 pad, predominant, reputable, rouge, signify, strap, tangle, vanity, vie, vulgar

20

attic, chunk, civic, descent, din, dissatisfy, fuss, gourmet, hence, intrinsic, kettle, ministry,

4 ordeal, outspoken, overwork, particular, pungent, snore, soundly, superintendent

26

alternate, apologetic, benign, char, clarify, distress, dogged, ensue, gasp, negotiate,

5 overdose, persuasion, relay, reluctance, restate, sesame, sip, verge, wary, waver

32

ashore, contradict, counterpart, devoid, diverge, elude, embryo, fend, fictitious, gazette, 6 homogeneous, obstruct, plunge, prolong, publicize, sparse, surplus, theorize, verify, vigorous 3 8

altar, arthritis, botany, credible, deceased, deception, decipher, dung, dusk, gratify,

7 hone, mash, ornate, pneumonia, psychic, psychotic, scope, sinister, strife, therapeutic

44

congested, courier, deform, etiquette, exclusive, freight, garment, insomnia, intuitive, liable, 8 obsess, overboard, premium, privilege, propel, socialize, suppress, tram, unsettle, warp 50

artery, deterioration, elusive, forage, impede, induce, inseparable, invalid, magnify, mainstream,

9 microbe, negligible, paralysis, pest, prevail, respiration, rupture, savage, stun, susceptible

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accumulate, aerial, apparatus, avalanche, consistency, convection, discharge, intact, mortal, 1 0 omen, overcast, poignant, ranger, rubble, seclude, sideways, sob, sober, speck, upbringing 62

advocate, authorize, civilian, commodity, conquest, disclose, dynamics, enroll, envious, 11 euphoria, festive, jolly, lentil, marshal, morale, prophecy, sage, senate, sentiment, unrest 6 8

adorn, bliss, butler, cramp, dilapidated, evoke, farewell, faucet, filth, flaw, grin,

1 2 housekeeping, mound, numb, reckless, slate, stool, testament, timber, valve

74

certify, collaborate, compile, counteract, curb, diagnose, enact, federation, gross, humane,

1 3 intolerable, needy, onset, pledge, prohibit, rash, render, smallpox, transmit, vow

80

camouflage, contemplate, contend, cot, enlist, frontier, handbook, hesitant, lush, marrow,

1 4 outfit, paw, quiver, splendid, stray, substantial, torch, tract, vigil, weary

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adhere, administer, compassionate, contaminate, deficiency, epidemic, hazard, imperative, intestines, manifest, 15 metabolic, overcrowded, paramount, practitioner, provision, replenish, sterile, upgrade, viable, voluntary 92



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amid, backstage, billionaire, brute, clumsy, collide, culprit, evacuate, flammable, mob, premature, resent, satire, scrutiny, segregate, subject, testify, tumult, underestimate, uproar

98

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accelerate, anew, defect, dreary, duplicate, electromagnetic, electron, glide, ingenious, innovation, innovative, launch, meteorological, meteorology, penetrate, propulsion, simulate, spur, stimulate, tenacious

104

18

beforehand, centigrade, chatter, concerto, condense, cove, deteriorate, exterior, freeway, hearty, hospitable, manor, monastery, nursery, outstretched, parcel, profile, vivacious, winding, zip

110

19

airway, Almighty, advent, constellation, definitive, equate, inhale, invoke, lunar, novelty, outmoded, personalize, pertain, primal, psychiatric, psychiatry, reflex, seizure, session, utensil

116

20 adhesive, adverse, dependency, dump, eternal, fluctuate, fro, inclusion, intermediate, intermittent, 122

mentor, phoenix, photosynthesis, pollen, regain, reverse, swarm, texture, tickle, vibrant

21 abolish, amend, aspire, censor, charter, constitution, cosmopolitan, disseminate, flatter,

128

infamous, lame, limp, outburst, pathological, phenomenal, poll, remorse, secrecy, tackle, trance

22 coward, delete, firsthand, earnest, ethnic, exclude, fluent, imperial, inclusive, legislature, 134

linguistic, monolingual, nationality, patriot, prosecute, racial, solemn, solidarity, tact, undermine

23

allocate, appetizing, blizzard, cavity, clockwise, concentric, courtesy, crisp, discord, frigid, 140

generate, glacial, interchange, locker, multicultural, omission, oversee, pierce, replicate, wavy

24

abide, conversion, cram, defer, export, fume, habitual, justify, output, overpopulation, patent, penalize, petroleum, prototype, scrap, sector, subscribe, subsist, suspend, synthesis

146

25

acrobat, advocacy, communal, fluid, harmonize, industrious, inventive, judicial, Mandarin, metropolitan, mimic, misguided, rehearse, scorn, sensory, staple, statute, veteran, villain, vine

152

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constrain, depot, emulate, forefinger, guts, inherent, intimidate, janitor, moist, nope, prod, ransom, restrain, saliva, spit, sprint, stunt, tolerant, vampire, yawn

158

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analogy, ancestry, archer, conspiracy, deputy, earl, fragrant, funnel, hereditary, hymn, invert, prey, procession, prophet, sarcastic, seasoning, sodium, tyranny, tyrant, vinegar

164

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adjoining, allege, arch, assemble, casualty, erect, foul, hectare, heighten, hospitality, mansion, outnumber, overjoyed, pasture, petition, renovate, revise, slab, terrace, turf

170

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analogous, binoculars, bulk, comprise, depict, dual, Fahrenheit, fulfill, grove, ore, outback, outweigh, paradox, pier, shortcut, tariff, thermometer, tilt, vice versa, whereabouts

176

30 amber, charcoal, columnist, courteous, credentials, crickets, delta, detergent, euphemism, 182

expire, granite, gravel, haunt, liberal, maze, moss, peck, pebble, reservoir, streak

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