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1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 Abatement: The action of abate v.2; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Frequently in abatement of freehold.
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2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Alkalescence: alkalinity; tendency to become alkaline.
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3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 Almighty: Referring to a higher power or God.  Frequently referenced in Christian texts or the field of Christianity. 
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4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 Alpenstock: A long iron-tipped staff used in hill and mountain climbing (Used in 1859).
Source: OED
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5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Ardent Spirit: A strong distilled liquor
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6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 Ascertainable: Capable of being fixed, settled, or decided.
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7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 Asiatic: Of, relating to, or belonging to Asia or its inhabitants. Now often considered offensive when applied to people.
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8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 Auspicious: Ominous, esp. of good omen, betokening success, giving promise of a favourable issue.
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9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Beget: The action of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; profit, advantage.
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10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 Beneficence: Doing good, the manifestation of benevolence or kindly feeling, active kindness.
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11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Beseech: To beg earnestly for, entreat (a thing).
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12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 Calamity: The state or condition of grievous affliction or adversity; deep distress, trouble, or misery, arising from some adverse circumstance or event.
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13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Calvaria: The upper dome like portion of the skull.
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14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 Carminative: Having the quality of expelling flatulence.
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15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Castigatory: Pertaining to a castigator or to castigation; chastising, corrective, punitive (Used in 1866).
Source: OED
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16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 Cathartic: Cleansing (the bowels), promoting evacuation, purgative.
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17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Cessation: ceasing, discontinuance, stoppage; either permanent or temporary.
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18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 Chaffing: Teasing.
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19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 Cholera: Disease characterized by severe diarrhoea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps, typically occurring in the summer; gastro-enteritis, enterocolitis, or dysentery (probably mainly of bacterial origin); an instance or case of this.
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20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 Choleraic: Relating to the nature of cholera (bile).
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21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 Cinchonism: The disordered condition produced by the excessive use of cinchona or quinine.
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22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 Clerkenwell: An area in Central London, England.
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23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 Concomitant: Going together, accompanying, concurrent, attendant.
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24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 Constituent: That constitutes or makes a thing what it is; formative, essential; characteristic, distinctive.
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25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 Contagionists: One who maintains or believes that certain diseases, such as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever, are contagious.
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26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 Cordial: A food or (esp. alcoholic) drink with medicinal or health-giving properties, esp. one that is thought to invigorate the heart, stimulate the circulation, or provide comfort (now historical). Also (North American) a liqueur.
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27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 Countenance: Senses relating to general demeanor or appearance.
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28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 Criterion: An organ, faculty or instrument of judging.
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29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 Crotchetty: Given to crotchets; full of crotchets (Used in 1867). Source: OED given to crotchets: subject to whims, crankiness, or ill temper.
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary

30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 Curative: Of or relating to curing or healing.
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31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 Debauch: obsolete
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32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 Delirium Tremens: A serious form of delirium typically characterized by tremors, delusions and vivid hallucinations, and physical manifestations such as fever and tachycardia, occurring in the first few days after the cessation of a prolonged period of intoxication with alcohol.
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33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 Deportment: The manner of conducting oneself; conduct (of life); behavior.
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34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 Depravity: The quality or condition of being depraved or corrupt.
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35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 Diaphoresis: Perspiration, especially, that produced by artificial means.
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36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 Diphtheria: An infectious disease that is characterized by severe inflammation of mucous membranes, esp. of the throat but often also of the nose, larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
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37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 Diuretic: Having the quality of exciting (excessive) excretion or discharge of urine.
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38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 Drachm: The principal silver coin of the Ancient Greeks.
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39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 Draught: A quantity of liquid medicine ordered as a single dose.
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40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 Dropsy: figurative. An insatiable thirst or craving.
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41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 Dun: Things are at a standstill; there is an impasse or deadlock.
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42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 Dysentery: A disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane and glands of the large intestine, accompanied with griping pains, and mucous and bloody evacuations.
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43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 Ebullition: A sudden outburst; of passion.
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44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 Efficacy: Power or capacity to produce effects; power to effect the object intended.
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45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 Emeried: To rub or polish with emery; to coat with emery. Past-tense of Emery.
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46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 Equanimity: Evenness of mind or temper; the quality or condition of being undistributed by elation, depression, or agitation emotion. 
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47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 Execrated: accursed, detested.
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48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 Extirpate: To pull or pluck up by the roots.
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49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 Exudation: The process of exuding; the giving off or oozing out.
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50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 Febris: Latin for fever
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51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 Fervent: Of persons, their passions, dispositions, or actions: Ardent, intensely earnest. From 17th cent. almost exclusively with reference to love or hatred, zeal, devotion, or aspiration.
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52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 Fibrin: Originally: an albuminoid or protein compound substance found in animal matter; coagulable lymph. In modern use: an insoluble protein, formed from fibrinogen during blood clotting, which polymerizes to give the network of the clot.
An insoluble protein, formed from fibrinogen during blood clotting, which polymerizes to give the network of the clot.
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53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 Filial: Of or pertaining to a son or daughter.
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54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 Folly: foolishness or deficiency in understanding; lack of good sense.
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55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 Frivolous: Characterized by lack of seriousness, sense, or reverence; given to trifling, silly.
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56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 Gall: Bitterness of spirit
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57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0 Garrison: (a) A fortress or stronghold. Obsolete.  (b) (from sense 4) A place in which troops are quartered for defensive or other military purposes; a garrison-town.
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58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 Haggard: Chiefly Irish English and Manx English.
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59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 Hansom: A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage accommodating two inside, with the driver seated behind.
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60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 Hasheesh: Cannabis resin, used esp. as a recreational drug. Also (less commonly): a dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the cannabis plant used in this way.
Source: OED
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61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 Helpmeet: A fitting or suitable helper; a helpmate: usually applied to a wife of husband.
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62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 Hitherto: Up to this time, until now, yet
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63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 Homoeopath: One who practices or advocates a system of medical practice founded by Hahnemann of Leipzig about 1796, according to which diseases are treated by the administration (usually in very small doses) of drugs which would produce in a healthy person symptom closely resembling those of the disease treated.
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64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 Hydragogue: Having the property of removing accumulations of water or serum, or of causing watery evacuations.
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65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 Hydrocele: A tumour with a collection of serous fluid.
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66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 Hyperaemia: An excessive accumulation of blood in a particular part, arising either from increased flow through the arteries; or from obstruction in a vein; congestion.
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67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0 Ignominious: Esp. of persons: deserving public disgrace or dishonor; held in contempt, contemptible.
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68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 Importunate: Of a person: persistent or pressing in making requests or offers, esp. to an irritating or distressing degree.
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69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 Importunity: A request, demand, or offer made persistently or pressingly, esp. so as to cause irritation or distress.
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70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 Indefatigably: In an indefatigable manner; unweariedly; with unremitting perseverance (Used in 1887).
Source: From OED

71 Leave a comment on paragraph 71 0 Indisposition: The state of not being mentally disposed, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); disinclination, unwillingness.
Source: OED Online
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72 Leave a comment on paragraph 72 0 Indolent: Of persons, their disposition, action, etc.: Averse to toil or exertion; slothful, lazy, idle.
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73 Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 Induration: The action of hardening.
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74 Leave a comment on paragraph 74 0 Infidel: One who does not believe in (what the speaker holds to be) the true religion; an ‘unbeliever’. Obsolete. From a Christian point of view: An adherent of a religion opposed to Christianity; esp. a Muslim, a Saracen (the earliest sense in English); also (more rarely), applied to a Jew, or a pagan. Now chiefly Historical.
Source: OED
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75 Leave a comment on paragraph 75 0 Inspissated: Brought to a thick consistency, thickened.
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76 Leave a comment on paragraph 76 0 Inveterate: Of evil feelings, prejudices, and the like.
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77 Leave a comment on paragraph 77 0 Laud: Praise, high commendation.
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78 Leave a comment on paragraph 78 0 Lesion: Injury; damage; hurt. Also: a wound or injury; a blemish, flaw, or hurt.
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79 Leave a comment on paragraph 79 0 Levity: Humor or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion. 
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80 Leave a comment on paragraph 80 0 Maladies: A specific kind of illness; an ailment, a disease.
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81 Leave a comment on paragraph 81 0 Malady: Ill health, sickness, disease.
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82 Leave a comment on paragraph 82 0 Medical Jurisprudence: The law as it relates to the practice of medicine; (formerly also) †the application of medical knowledge to legal problems, forensic medicine (obsolete).
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83 Leave a comment on paragraph 83 0 Neuralgia: Pain, typically stabbing or burning, in the area served by a nerve.
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84 Leave a comment on paragraph 84 0 Oedema: The localized of generalized accumulation of excessive fluid in tissues or body cavities.
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85 Leave a comment on paragraph 85 0 Orifice: An opening or aperture, esp. one forming the communication between a cavity or hollow organ and the surface of an animal or plant body.
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86 Leave a comment on paragraph 86 0 Paroxysm: An episode of increased acuteness or severity of a disease, esp. one recurring periodically in the course of the disease; a sudden recurrence or attack, e.g., of coughing; a sudden worsening of symptoms.
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87 Leave a comment on paragraph 87 0 Parturition: Chiefly technical and literary. The action of giving birth to young; childbirth. Also: a confinement.
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88 Leave a comment on paragraph 88 0 Pathos: An expression or utterances that evoke sadness or sympathy, esp. In a work of literature; a description, passage, or scene of this nature. 
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89 Leave a comment on paragraph 89 0 Pence: any of various monetary units or coins of the British Isles, usually of equal or similar value to the penny. 
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90 Leave a comment on paragraph 90 0 Penetration: The action, or an act, of penetrating, piercing, or passing into or through something. Occasionally also: permeation, as of one fluid by another (Used in 1856).
Source: OED
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91 Leave a comment on paragraph 91 0 Penitential: The signs, utterances, or behavior of a penitent, expressions of penitence or apology. 
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92 Leave a comment on paragraph 92 0 Peremptory: Admitting no debate; decisive, conclusive.
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93 Leave a comment on paragraph 93 0 Pleurisy: Pain in the chest or the side, esp. When stabbing in nature and exacerbated by inspiration or coughing.
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94 Leave a comment on paragraph 94 0 Potash: purified potassium carbonate.
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95 Leave a comment on paragraph 95 0 Post-mortem: After death.
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96 Leave a comment on paragraph 96 0 Premonitory: Giving or conveying premonition, that is a premonition; serving to warn or notify beforehand.
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97 Leave a comment on paragraph 97 0 Profligate: Recklessly extravagant, esp. with money; wasteful.
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98 Leave a comment on paragraph 98 0 Prostration: The act of falling forward with the face down.
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99 Leave a comment on paragraph 99 0 Purgative: The use of medicine such as a laxative to clean out the bowels.
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100 Leave a comment on paragraph 100 0 Quackery: Dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.
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101 Leave a comment on paragraph 101 0 Quiescent: In a state or condition of quietness; motionless; inactive; dormant.
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102 Leave a comment on paragraph 102 0 Quotidian: Recurring or occurring every day, spec. At twenty-four-hour intervals; (of disease, esp. Malaria) characterized by paroxysms recurring at this interval.
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103 Leave a comment on paragraph 103 0 Rancorous: Characterized by bitterness or resentment.
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104 Leave a comment on paragraph 104 0 Ranula: A tumour or swelling located in the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue.
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105 Leave a comment on paragraph 105 0 Rebuke: Shame, disgrace, obsolete.
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106 Leave a comment on paragraph 106 0 Redeemer: A person who saves another or others from sin or damnation; spec. (with capital and frequently with the) God or Christ
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107 Leave a comment on paragraph 107 0 Remittent: Chiefly Medicine.  (Of a disease or symptom) that remits; spec.  Designating a fever in which the patient’s temperature periodically rises and falls without returning to normal.
A bitter alkaloid found in cinchona bark; a drug containing this or any of several of its derivatives, employed in the treatment of malaria and (in early use) as a general febrifuge and tonic.   
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108 Leave a comment on paragraph 108 0 Remuneration: Reward, recompense; (now usually) money paid for work or a service; payment, pay.
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109 Leave a comment on paragraph 109 0 Reproach: To subject (a person) to reproach or censure; to upbraid, reprove, or rebuke; †to revile, abuse
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110 Leave a comment on paragraph 110 0 Repudiate: Reject.
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111 Leave a comment on paragraph 111 0 Rheumatism: Pain or stiffness in joints, muscles, or related components of the musculoskeletal system.
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112 Leave a comment on paragraph 112 0 Right hypochondriac region: The right most portion of the abdomen is located below the ribcage.  Contains the liver, gallbladder, portal vein, and the right side of the colon.
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113 Leave a comment on paragraph 113 0 Sabbath: Since the Reformation, often applied to ‘the Lord’s day’, i.e. the first day of the week (Sunday) observed by Christians in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ.
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114 Leave a comment on paragraph 114 0 Sac: A baglike organ or structure.
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115 Leave a comment on paragraph 115 0 Salubrity: The quality of being salubrious or healthful.
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116 Leave a comment on paragraph 116 0 Salutary: Conducive to well-being, calculated to bring about a more satisfactory condition.
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117 Leave a comment on paragraph 117 0 Scarification: To make a number of scratches or slight incisions in (a portion of the body, a wound).
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118 Leave a comment on paragraph 118 0 Scorner: One who scorns, derides, mocks or contemns; esp. one who scoffs at religion.
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119 Leave a comment on paragraph 119 0 Sequela: Pathology.  A morbid affection occurring as the result of a previous disease.
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120 Leave a comment on paragraph 120 0 Sinapism: A plaster or poultice consisting wholly or partly of mustard flour; a mustard plaster.
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121 Leave a comment on paragraph 121 0 Slough: Diseased tissue that has come away or fallen off.

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123 Leave a comment on paragraph 123 0 Soda: Sodium bicarbonate.
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124 Leave a comment on paragraph 124 0 SOT: A habitual drunkard
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125 Leave a comment on paragraph 125 0 Subsoil: The stratum of soil lying immediately under the surface soil, or beneath the normal depth of disturbance by cultivation; soil from this stratum; (also) a particular example of this.
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126 Leave a comment on paragraph 126 0 Sylver: This spelling of “Silver” occurred in English books between the 1800s and 2008.
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127 Leave a comment on paragraph 127 0 Tare: A name given to some species of vetch: in early times, esp. to those occurring as weeds in cornfields.
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128 Leave a comment on paragraph 128 0 Temperance Tracts: (early 1800’s) A movement to limit drinking in the United States, advocates claimed it led to poverty and domestic violence.
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129 Leave a comment on paragraph 129 0 Threepenny: Costing or worth three pence, before decimalization (1971); trifiling or paltry; of little worth.
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130 Leave a comment on paragraph 130 0 Thy vs. Thee: “Thy” is an English word that means “your” in second person singular
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“Thee” is the singular
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131 Leave a comment on paragraph 131 0 Topography: The science or practice of describing a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; the accurate and detailed delineation and description of any locality.
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132 Leave a comment on paragraph 132 0 Villanous: Having the character or disposition of a villain; infamously depraved or wicked; vilely criminal (Used in 1855). Of actions: Of the nature of villainy; marked by depravity or vileness of conduct; deserving severe condemnation on moral grounds (Used in 1846). Extremely bad or objectionable; atrocious, detestable (Used in 1853).
Source: OED
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133 Leave a comment on paragraph 133 0 Viscera: The entrails or bowels together with the heart, liver, lungs, etc.
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134 Leave a comment on paragraph 134 0 Vitiated: To deflower or violate (a woman).
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135 Leave a comment on paragraph 135 0 Viz: used, especially in written English, when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just written.
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136 Leave a comment on paragraph 136 0 Zeal: In Biblical language, as an attribute of God: passionate love or care which will tolerate no unfaithfulness or disobedience. 
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