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1. 01

   fracture

   A crack or break

2. 02

   straddle

   To sit or stand with one leg on each side

3. 03

   plow

   To move forcefully through; turn over soil

4. 04

   recklessness

   Careless disregard for danger

5. 05

   indomitable

   Impossible to defeat; unconquerable

6. 06

   unsustained

   Not continued; not lasting

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   riparian

   Relating to a river or riverbank

8. 08

   jeopardize

   To put at risk

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   eddy

   A small circular current of water

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    comply

    To obey

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    despair

    Complete loss of hope

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    sanction

    To approve officially; to penalize

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    precipitously

    Very steeply; suddenly; hastily

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    soothe

    To calm; comfort

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    mutiny

    A rebellion against authority

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    countenance

    Face; facial expression

17. 17

    stern

    Strict; serious

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    tributary

    A smaller river flowing into a larger one

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    elude

    To escape; avoid

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    rend

    To tear apart

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    frantic

    Wildly anxious or panicked

22. 22

    succumb

    To give in; fail to resist

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    baffle

    To confuse completely

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    woe

    Great sorrow; misery

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    reiterate

    To repeat

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    enrich

    To improve; enhance

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    gradation

    A series of gradual changes

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    culminate

    To reach the highest point

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    flagrant

    Obviously offensive or wrong

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    breach

    A violation; a gap or break

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    generic

    General; not unique

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    albeit

    Although

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    cavalcade

    A formal procession

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    run-of-the-mill

    Ordinary; average

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    drawn-out

    Lasting too long

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    sterile

    Free of germs; unable to produce offspring

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    progeny

    Offspring; descendants

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    exempt

    Free from an obligation

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    distinct

    Clearly different

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    cataclysmic

    Disastrous; catastrophic

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    herald

    To announce; signal the coming of

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    hazard

    Danger; risk

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    denounce

    To condemn publicly

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    precede

    To come before

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    assail

    To attack; criticize strongly

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    exasperate

    To irritate greatly

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    folly

    Foolishness

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    escalate

    To increase; become more intense

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    turbid

    Cloudy; muddy

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    erode

    To wear away gradually