1. And Then there were none Agatha Christie
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2. sadistic—285 cruel; barbarous; ruthless

3. abhorrent—286 disgusting; despicable

4. prevail—286 win; triumph; succeed

5. ingenious—286 clever; brilliant

6. palpably—286 clearly; evidently

7. exigencies—287 difficulties; demands; requirements

8. waxed—287 grew

9. incongruous—288 bizarre

10. innate—288 deep-seated; ingrained

11. inexorable—288 unstoppable

12. inevitability—288 certainty

13. teetotaler—289 one who does not drink alcohol

14. memsahib—289 a married white or upper-class woman (often used as a respectful form of address by nonwhites)

15. callousness—289 insensitive and cruel disregard for others

16. brethren—290 brothers

17. vigor—290 energy

18. perforce—290 by force of circumstances

19. assuage—290 relieve

20. maudlin—290 romantic; mushy

21. gambit—290 plan

22. peddler—291 vendor; hawker

23. inducing—291 encouraging

24. coping stone—291 finishing touch; crown

25. hypochondriac—292 a person who is often or always worried about his or her own health

26. compromising—292 putting in danger; jeopardizing

27. amoral—293 without morals (ethics)

28. pagan—293 one without a religion

29. ally—294 partner; accomplice

30. gullible—294 naïve; easily fooled

31. inconceivable—294 unbelievable

32. concur—294 agree

33. incriminating—294 damaging; convicting

34. abstracted—294 removed; stole

35. intimated—295 suggested

36. keen—295 enthusiastic

37. plaster—295 adhesive; glue

38. rendezvous—296 get-together

39. corpses—297 dead bodies; cadavers

40. masquerading—297 disguised; impersonating

41. soldered—297 fused

42. chintz—297 a usually glazed printed cotton fabric

43. poised—297 balanced; waiting; steady

44. consequent—298 resulting

45. sufficient—298 enough

46. wardrobe—298 dresser; closet

47. gainsaid—298 contradicted; denied

48. humility—299 humbleness; modesty

49. paradox—299 contradiction; puzzle

50. hocus-pocus—299 magic; fraud

51. brand of cain—299 The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated from Genesis 4, where God declared that Cain (the firstborn son of Adam and Eve) be cursed for murdering his brother Abel. A mark was put upon him to warn others that killing Cain would provoke the vengeance of God, that if someone did something to harm Cain, the damage would come back sevenfold.

52. accordance—299 agreement