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| warrant | evidence of authority or authorization; a legal write authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seizure, or search; a certificate of appointment issued to a warrant officer; to declare or maintain positively; to be sure that, to assure that what is said is true; to give proof of. |
| vise | any of various tools having two jaws for holding work that operates usually by a screw, lever, or cam. |
| villain | an uncouth ill-mannered person; a deliberate scoundrel or criminal; a character in a story or play who opposes the hero; one blamed for an evil or difficulty. |
| truce | a temporary interruption of fighting by mutual agreement of the combatants; a temporary rest from a disagreeable state or activity. |
| trowel | a small hand tool consisting of a flat blade with a handle used for spreading and smoothing mortar or plaster; a small hand tool with a curved blade used by gardeners; to smooth, mix, or apply with this instrument. |
| torrent | violent or rushing stream of liquid as water or lava; a large, rapid, or violent flow as of orders, activity, or abuse. |
| tallow | the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants. |
| synagogue | a Jewish congregation; the house of worship and communal center of the Jewish congregation. |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed; dull or somber in sound or color; dismal. |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection; vanquish; to bring under control especially by willpower; to reduce the intensity or degree. |
| stifle | the joint next above the hock in the hind leg or a four-footed animal corresponding to the knee in humans; to kill by depriving of or die from lack of oxygen or air; to smother by or as if by depriving of air; to check or keep in check by deliberate effort. |
| speculate | to meditate on or ponder a subject; to think or theorize about something in which evidence is too slight for certainty to be reached; to assume a business risk in hope of gain. |
| smoulder | a slow smoky fire; to burn sluggishly with smoke and usually without flame; to exist in a state of suppressed activity; to indicate a suppressed emotion. |
| shroud | a burial garment; something that covers, screens, or guards; one of the lines leading usually in pairs from the top of a mast to provide lateral support to the mast; one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy; to cut off from view; screen; to veil under another appearance. |
| satchel | a small bag for carrying clothes or books. |
| recitation | an enumeration or telling in detail; the act or an instance of reading or repeating aloud especially publicly; a student's oral reply to questions; a class period. |
| province | a country or region brought under control of the ancient Roman government; an administrative or division of a country. |
| prestige | usually high standing or fine reputation based on past performance or merit. |
| plague | a disastrous evil or destructively numerous influx; a cause or occasion of annoyance; an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality; a virulent contagious disease that is caused by bacterium, occurs or has occurred in several forms including the bubonic plague, and is usually passed to human being from infected rodents and especially rats, by the bite of a flea, or is passed directly from person to person. |
| monotonous | uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone; tediously uniform or unvarying. |
| masculine | of the male sex; characteristic of or belonging to men; manly; of, relating to, or constituting the class of words that ordinarily includeds most of those referring to males. |
| linoleum | a floor covering with a canvas back and a surface of hardened linseed oil and a filler as cork dust. |
| isolate | to set apart from others; to select from among others; to separate from other substances so as to obtain pure or in a free state; quarantine. |
| heiress | a woman who is an heir especially to great wealth. |
| chauffeur | a person employed to drive a motor vehicle. |
