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1
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Mile

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“1000 paces”

2
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Nonagenarian

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Person in his nineties

3
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Octoroon

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Person of one-eighth black ancestry

4
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Unicorn

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Mythical animal with one horn

5
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Decimal

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Based on the number 10

6
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Quintuplets

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Five offspring born at once

7
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Bicameral

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Based on two legislative bodies

8
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Quadrille

A

Square dance

9
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Triumvirate

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Government by three persons

10
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Sextet

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Musical group of six

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Septennial

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Occurring every seven years

12
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Convocation

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Summons

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Malice

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Spite, ill will

14
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Supervise

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Oversee

15
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Desolate

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Forsaken-abandon

16
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Confound

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Confuse

17
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Florida

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Feast of Flowers

18
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Superannuated-retired

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Obsolete- no longer in general use

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Attain

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Achieve

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Sanctimonious

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Hypocritically devout

21
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Secede

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Withdraw

22
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Transgression

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Sin

23
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Cordial

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Gracious

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Levity

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Buoyancy, lightness

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Promiscuous

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Characterized by frequent and indiscriminate changes in one’s sexual partners

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Omnibus

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Covering many things at once

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Mortuary

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Funeral home

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Tortuous

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Winding

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Senescent

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Beginning to show signs of old age

30
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Adversary

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Opponent

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Allude

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To hint at

32
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Clamorous

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Vociferous- loud and noisy

33
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Semicentennial

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Every 50 years

34
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Conference

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Consultation

35
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Stringent

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Rigid; constricted

36
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Cent

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1/100 of a dollar