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Title: unctuous, adj'


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91. unctuous, adj. Oily.
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  • 92.
  • usurp, v.
  • To seize and hold (a position, office, power,
    etc.) by force or without legal right.

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93. vacuous, adj. Empty.
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94. vehement, adj. Zealous ardent impassioned
a vehement defense vehement enthusiasm.
characterized by rancor or anger violent
vehement hostility. strongly emotional intense
or passionate vehement desire marked by great
energy or exertion strenuous vehement clapping.
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95. vortex, n. A mass of rotating or whirling
fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the
center.
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96. winnow, v. To free (grain) from the lighter
particles of chaff, dirt, etc., esp. by throwing
it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced
current of air to blow away impurities to drive
or blow (chaff, dirt, etc.) away by fanning to
blow upon fan to subject to some process of
separating or distinguishing analyze critically
sift to winnow a mass of statements.  
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97. wrest, v. To pull or force away by or as by
violent twisting or wringing.
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98. xenophobe, n. A person who fears or hates
foreigners, strange customs, etc.
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99. yeoman, n. A petty officer in a navy, having
chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy a
farmer who cultivates his own land one of a
class of lesser freeholders  
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100. zephyr, n. Any soft, gentle wind.
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