681. creed n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
682. iconoclast n. An image-breaker.
683. simplify v. To make less complex or difficult.
684. monetary adj. Financial.
685. inure v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
686. transpire v. To come to pass.
687. emigrate v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
688. sibilant adj. Made with a hissing sound.
689. protoplasm n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
690. bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

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Vocabulary

551. pectoral adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
552. credence n. Belief.
553. nuance n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
554. salvo n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
555. bravo interj. Well done.
556. vie v. To contend.
557. excavate v. To remove by digging or scooping out.
558. surfeit v. To feed to fullness or to satiety.
559. auspice n. favoring, protcting, or propitious influence or guidance.
560. foresee v. To discern beforehand.

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553. Get a sense of some of the nuances of that organization.
556. He vied with me for the first prize.
557. Since the proliferation of scuba diving in the 1950s, many of these wrecks have been discovered, excavated, and even salvaged.
559. In February, Sudan and Chad signed a non-aggression pact under the auspices of Libyan mediators.
560. I’ve always enjoyed this type of work, so I don’t foresee any problems.

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441. archaism n. Obsolescence.
442. forebode v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
443. instant n. A very brief portion of time.
444. prodigal n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
445. translator n. An interpreter.
446. coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
447. heathenish adj. irreligious.
448. memento n. A souvernir.
449. proxy n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
450. abrasion n. That which is rubbed off.

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443. The medicine took instant effect.
445. She was previously a junior sales representative in the firm as well as a customer service translator.
446. No external coercion was involved.
448. These postcards are mementos of our trip abroad.
449. Islamic courts are portraying the anti-terror alliance as a proxy army of the United States to fight Islam.
450. However, project coordinators hasten to add that compared to satellites, these cablers will require much more regular maintenance and repair due to corrosion and abrasion.

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361. amphitheater n. An deifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
362. epic n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
363. protract v. To prolong.
364. sapience n. Deep wisdom or knowledge.
365. dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
366. maharaja n. A great Hindu prince.
367. nuptial adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
368. coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.
369. mechanics n. The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.
370. fancier n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects.

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351. episode n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
352. oust v. To eject.
353. whereabouts n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
354. analogy n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
355. distill v. To extract or produce by vaporzation and condensation.
356. retinue n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
357. entrails n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
358. protuberance n. Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
359. verily adv. In truth.
360. creamery n. A butter-making establishment.

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341. epithet n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in “Father Aeneas.”
342. acquire v. To get as one’s own.
343. massacre n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
344. revile v. To heap approach or abuse upon.
345. benignant adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
346. facilitate v. To make more easy.
347. punctual adj. Observant and exact in points of time.
348. tact n. Fine or ready mental discemment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
349. ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremoney.
350. invasion n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.

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321. ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
322. orthogonal adj. Having or determined by right angles.
323. resumption n. The act of taking back, or taking again.
324. allot v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
325. emblazon v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
326. ordeal n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
327. martial adj. Pertaining to war or military operations.
328. privelege n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
329. waistcoat n. A vest.
330. jocular adj. Inclined to joke.

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311. adhere v. To stick fast or together.
312. financier n. One skilled in or occupied with financial with financial affairs or operations.
313. vagrant n. An idle wanderer.
314. subjacent adj. Situated directly underneath.
315. professor n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
316. intimacy n. Close or confidential friendship.
317. duration n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
318. wile n. An act or a means of cunning deception
319. emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.
320. terrify v. To fill with extreme fear.

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291. metempsychosis n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body.
292. comprise v. To consist of.
293. boorish adj. Rude.
294. Sybarite n. A luxurious person.
295. vista n. A view or prospect.
296. insular adj. Pertaining to an island.
297. exuberance n. Rich supply.
298. progeny n. Offspring.
299. demagogue n. An unprincipled politician.
300. addendum n. Something added, or to be added.

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271. epidemic n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
272. sublingual adj. Situated beneath the tongue.
273. rookery n. A place where crows congregate to breed.
274. peerless adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth.
275. overshadow v. To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.
276. infest v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
277. bursar n. A treasurer.
278. dialect n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
279. clemency n. Mercy.
280. reluctant adj. Unwilling.

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