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sordid (sor dihd) adj
festering from l sordidus dirty from sordere be dirty be shabby |
depressingy squalid; wretched
morally degraded |
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restrictive (vih strlk tihv) adj
from l restrict restrainer restrain |
having the effect of restricting
the hand cuff were restrictive to the murderer |
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voracious (vEreshEs) adj
from E vorare - devour |
wanting or devourin great quantities of food
a pig was very voracious |
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facile (fae sihl) adj
from fr facilis easy |
ignoring the complexities of an issue; superficial.
the judge was facile |
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bilk (bllk) verb
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cheat or defraud obtain money fraudulently
the robber tried to bilk the system |
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shrive (shraiv) verb
OE scrifan impose as a penace of GMC orgigin from L scribere write |
hear the confession of assign penance to and absolve
i have no idea what shrive means. |
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inimical (ih nl mih kel) adj
from late latin inimicalis from latin inimicus unfriendly advers hostile from in not amicus |
having the disposition or temper of an enemy
yet again i do not understand the meaning of the word inimical. |
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bilious (bl li Es) adj
from fr biole from l bills fluid secreted by the llivr also one of the four humors |
affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting
i was bilious when i was making these cards |
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venial (win yel) adj
o fr venial from l venialis pardonable from venia forgiviness |
able to be excused pardoned or forgiven as a minor error, offense or sin
god is a venial god |
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Pedant (peh dEnt)noun
pedant from it pedante teacher school master apparently an alterion |
one who makes an exessive or offensive display of leanedness
pedant liers are not good |
