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n. the demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law
n. the demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law
(*) desperado
(*) usury
(*) satire
(*) solder
2
n. a total departure from one's faith or religion
n. a total departure from one's faith or religion
(*) precedence
(*) editorial
(*) apostasy
(*) junta
3
v. to award or bestow by formal decision
v. to award or bestow by formal decision
(*) gibe
(*) adjudge
(*) undervalue
(*) mediate
4
n. a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience
n. a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience
(*) foreigner
(*) precedent
(*) proverb
(*) compulsion
5
n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure
n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure
(*) casualty
(*) vacuum
(*) barograph
(*) homogeneity
6
adv. once more
adv. once more
(*) severely
(*) anew
(*) forthright
(*) forby
7
n. a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents
n. a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents
(*) calvinism
(*) obstruction
(*) melodrama
(*) chivalry
8
v. to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
v. to divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
(*) stifle
(*) garrote
(*) ramify
(*) imply
9
n. a piece of lead for making soundings; adjusting walls to the vertical
n. a piece of lead for making soundings; adjusting walls to the vertical
(*) plummet
(*) botany
(*) controller
(*) municipality
10
n. exultation
n. exultation
(*) aristocracy
(*) jubilation
(*) alternate
(*) self-respect
