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exploit
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(n) a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

(v) use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"

(v) draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

(v) work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

exertion
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(n) use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

kindle
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(v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

(v) cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

(v) catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

endow
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(v) furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"

(v) give qualities or abilities to

imposed
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(s) set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed taxation"; "rules imposed by society"

humiliate
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(v) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

suffrage
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(n) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"

ensue
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(v) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

brook
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(n) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

(v) put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

gale
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(n) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

muse
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(n) the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"

(n) in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

(v) reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

satire
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(n) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift

intrigue
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(n) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

(n) a clandestine love affair

(v) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

(v) cause to be interested or curious

indication
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(n) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

(n) something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"

(n) something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

(n) (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"

(n) the act of indicating or pointing out by name

dispatch
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(n) the act of sending off something

(n) killing a person or animal

(n) the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"

(n) an official report (usually sent in haste)

(v) kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

(v) send away towards a designated goal

(v) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"

(v) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

(v) complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"

cower
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(v) show submission or fear

(v) crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

wont
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(n) a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"

(n) an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

canon
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(n) a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

(n) a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

(n) a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"

(n) a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

(n) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

(n) a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

impel
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(v) cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

(v) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

latitude
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(n) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction

(n) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

(n) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

(n) freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

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