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reciprocate	Repay in kind
V
If they attack us, we shall be compelled to reciprocate and bomb their teritory.

abeyance	Suspended action, Temporary disuse
N
The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

cacophony	Be out of Harmony (Discord), Harsh combination of musical sounds
N
Some people seem to enjoy the cacophony of an orchestra that is tuning up.

abstruse	Obscure, Profound, Difficult to understand
Adj.
Baffled by the abstruse philosophical texts assigned in class, dave asked lexy to explain Kant's critque of pur reason.

burnish	Make shiny by rubbing polish
V
They burnish the material until it reflected the lamp light.

adulterate	Make impure by mixing with baser substances, To add cheap material
V
It is crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer; When consumers learned that beechnut had adultrated its apple juice by mixing the juice with water, they protested vigorously

salubrious	Favorable to health
Adj.
Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the month of August & September.

ebullient	Showing excitement, Zealous
Adj.
Over flowing with enthusiasm, his ebullient nature could not be repressed ; he was always exuberant.

callous	hardened; unfeeling, unkind, cruel
Adj.
He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.

empirical	Based on experience/observation, Admitting of a practical test of its truth
Adj.
He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashed: he placed his reliance entierly on empirical data.

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