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Abridgement
A condensed form as of a book or play
Baleful
Malignant
Complacent
Pleased or satisfied with oneself
Detriment
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss
Emulate
To imitate with intent to equal or surpass
Foist
To palm off, to give away to someone else
Impervious
Impenetrable
Judiciary
That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice
Litigious
Quarrelsome
Obselete
No longer participated or accepted
Percipient
One who perceives
Presumption
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved
Recapitulate
To repeat again the principle point of
Rigorous
Uncompromising
Socalism
A theory of civil politics that aims to secure the reconstruction of society
Superfluous
Being more than necessary
Usurp
To take possession by force, bring down a person of authority
Writhe
To twist the body, face, or limbs as in pain or distress
Fervor
Ardor or intensity of feeling
Precipitate
To force forward prematurely
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