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Vernalagnia |
A feeling of love induced by Spring |
"Verna" means "Spring" |
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Didactical |
Teaching with an ulterior motive |
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Baize |
The green, felt-like material used on pool tables |
Pool tables |
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Recidivist |
A repeat offender |
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Equerry |
A serveant in the English royal household. |
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Abase |
To behave in a way that belittles or degrades |
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Solipsism |
The theory that you are alone in the Universe, with everyone else being robots, figments of your imagination, etc |
Solo |
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Saccharine |
Sweet or sugary |
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Sinecure |
An unnecessary position whose only purpose is to provide social status or wealth to the person holding it |
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Abstruse |
Strange, weird and difficult to understand |
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Wainscoting |
The wooden panelling on walls |
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Superfluous |
Unnecessary |
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Vis-à-vis |
Adjective: face-to-face Noun: a person sitting opposite or face to face with you |
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Proletarian |
Noun: A member of the working class Adjective: Of or pertaining to the working class |
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Vitriol |
Sulphuric acid |
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Potentiate |
To heighten in power |
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Apotheosis |
The highest point or ebb of something; ascendance to godhood |
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Verbose |
Using too many esoteric words |
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Agog |
Highly excited by eagerness or anticipation |
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Gigolo |
The male equivalent of a mistress |
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Paralogize |
To jump to conclusions |
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Feinshmecker |
Gourmet |
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Ataraxia |
Tranquility |
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Umbra |
Shadow |
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Kanone |
An expert skier |
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Parergon |
Embellishment |
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Chanticleer |
A rooster |
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Shivoo |
A boisterous party |
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Fulminate (against) |
To denounce "Tane fulminated against the idea that a limited vocabulary was to be commended' |
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Simpatico (with) |
Like-minded
"He maintained the peace by acting _____ with both parties" |
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Froideur |
An aloof sense of superiority |
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Multitudinous |
Frequent |
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Capacious |
Big |
Having lots of capacity makes something... |
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Asseverate |
To declare earnestly |
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Esperance |
Hope |
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Katzenjammer |
Uneasiness, anxiety |
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Jurisprudence |
Law science |
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Igneous |
Of or pertaining to fire |
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Laterigrade |
Having a crab-like, sideways way of moving |
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Crambo |
Bad rhymes E.g. My name is Tane and I am not a dame My name is Heath and I swim in a reef |
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Willowwacks |
Uninhabited wooded area |
Willow is a tree |
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Myrmidon |
An obsequious boot licker who seeks only to please his master |
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Flackery |
Publicity and promotion |
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Crepitate |
To make a crackling sound |
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Fallal |
A bit of finery |
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Frondescence |
Foliage |
Fronds are leaves |
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Etiolate |
To be responsible for the deterioration of someone's health; to cause to become weak or sickly or take on a yellow hue |
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Knavish |
Untrustworthy |
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Immanent |
Inherent |
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Insolate |
To place in the sun |
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Defenestrate |
To throw someone through a window |
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Troglodyte |
Cave man |
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Requiem |
Mass repose (rest) for the souls of the dead; a moment of silence for one's fallen brethren |
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Repose |
Rest |
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Muckrake |
To expose corruption |
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Whiffler |
One who shifts opinions often |
Darth Revan was a Jedi, then a Sith, then a Jedi etc |
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Noblesse oblige |
The moral obligation of the rich to be nice to the poor, donate to charity etc |
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Calliopean |
Piercingly loud |
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Ziggurat |
A stepped pyramid such as the Aztecs used to build |
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Mausoleum |
A capacious or grand tomb, often housing entire families |
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Sepulcher |
A tomb |
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Pedagogy |
Teaching |
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Spoony |
A lovebird |
You want to spoon with those whom you love |
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Exacerbate |
To aggravate or worsen a situation |
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Sine die |
Without forward planning; spontaneous |
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Procrustean |
Ensuring conformity through force and violence |
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Oscitant |
Drowsy and inattentive |
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Craquelure |
A fine network of cracks |
CRACK-elure |
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Fress |
To eat a lot |
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Statecraft |
Politics |
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Ascetic |
Reminiscent of a monk |
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Excoriate |
To flay verbally |
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Dudgeon |
Residual offence taken or resentment |
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Scapegrace |
A morally unscrupulous person |
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Runnel |
A small stream |
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Bumbershoot |
Umbrella |
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Disparate |
Distinct |
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Shrive |
To absolve someone of their sins |
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Malfeasance |
Wrongdoing, especially in violation of public trust |
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Hydra |
A persistent and many-sided problem that presents new aspects whenever one is solved |
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Lotus-eater |
Someone who lives a life of indolent ease, oblivious to the rigours of the outside world |
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Indolent |
Lazy |
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Middlescence |
The period of one's life when one is middle-aged |
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Vellum |
Paper created from scraps of leather or animal hide (quite barbaric, really) |
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Portmanteau |
A word made by combining two other words E.g. brunch |
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Stravage |
To wander aimlessly |
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Canard |
False or baseless, usually derogatory, story or rumour |
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Luciferous |
Giving off light |
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Heart-whole |
Not in love |
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Endemic (to) |
Indigenous to |
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Phillumeny |
Matchbox collecting |
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Arithmancy |
Divination by the use of numbers |
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Cimmerian |
Dark and gloomy |
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Exigent |
Urgent |
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Incitement |
Motive |
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Conglomerate |
The result of the merging of multiple companies |
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Code-switching |
Changing oneself in order to fit in with a group of people or society |
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Smaragdine |
Emerald green |
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Vaunting |
Having a proud or boastful disposition or demeanour |
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Sanctity |
Holiness |
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Overwinter |
To pass, spend or survive the winter |
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Anthophilous |
Attracted to or living among flowers |
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Comportment |
Behaviour or demeanour |
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Ort |
A scrap or morsel of food left on the plate |
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Ubiquitous |
Appearing or present everywhere |
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Sepulchral |
Related to the burial of a corpse |
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Throttlebottom |
A harmless incompetent in public office |
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Esoterica |
Things meant for or understood by a select few |
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Recondite |
Complicated and abstruse |
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Coterminus |
Occupying the same space or sharing a border |
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Orogeny |
The process of mountain creation or upheaval |
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Mumpsimus |
Obstinate persistence in the use of bad language or adherence to an erroneous habit |
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Coze |
A friendly talk; a chat |
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Weltschmerz |
Sorrow that one recognizes as a necessary part of one's life |
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Nescience |
Ignorance |
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Vulpine |
Of or resembling a fox |
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Plisky |
Noun: prank Adjective: mischievous |
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Loquacious |
Characterised by a talkative nature |
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Platitude |
Noun: A dull or flat remark uttered as though deep or profound Adjective: flatness |
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Disport |
To display oneself sportingly; to show off |
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Supine |
Passive and submissive |
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Inexorable |
Unyielding and unwavering E.g. The inexorable truth is that global warming poses a serious threat to humanity |
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Torpid |
Very hot |
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Beatific |
Saintly or blissful, or bestowing upon someone those qualities |
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Parity |
Equality |
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Crozier |
A bishop's staff, curled on one end like that of a shepherd |
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Ephemeral |
Short-lived |
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Abnegation |
The act of giving up or relinquishing a right |
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Conclave |
A meeting, often secret; the election of a pope |
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Rapacious |
Greedy |
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Rubicund |
Reddish and ruddy |
Ruby |
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Balustrade |
A railing with supporting balusters |
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Baluster |
Supports for a railing |
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Expedient |
Prudent, fit or suitable |
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Pusillanimous |
Cowardly |
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Aginner |
Someone who opposes a plan |
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Chatoyant |
Changing in luster or colour |
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Fanfaronade |
Bravado or bluster |
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Kenning |
A poetic phrase used instead of the name of an object. E.g. A wave traveller instead of a boat (water attacker ;)) |
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Mellifluous |
Smooth and sweet-sounding |
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Inveterate |
Settled or confirmed in a habit |
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Ostensible |
outwardly appearing as such e.g. ostensible cheeriness concealing inner sadness |
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Rampike |
a dead tree, especially one killed by fire, lightning or wind |
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Rebarbative |
Annoying and repellent |
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Hypozeuxis |
The use of a series of parallel clauses, each with a subject and predicate. E.g. "I came, I saw, I conquered" |
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Diction |
Writing or speaking style, as characterised by word choice. |
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Compathy |
Feelings shared |
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Sententious |
Self-righteous |
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Avarice |
Greed |
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Latitudinarian |
Open-minded, especially insofar religion is concerned |
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Green-collar |
Noting or pertaining to jobs concerned with protecting the environment |
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Lacuna/hiatus |
A gap or break in continuity, logic etc |
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Synesthesia |
A sensation induced in one modality (sense) by a stimulus in another. E.g. seeing numbers as colours |
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Perfidious |
Faithless and treacherous |
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Pollyanna |
Blindly optimistic |
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Drupe |
Any fruit consisting of an outer skin, a succulent inner layer and a single seed |
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Diacritic/diacritical mark |
A mark, point or sign attached to a letter. E.g. á ø ğ ë |
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Floriflerous |
Producing flowers |
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Dox |
To publish the identity or private information of someone online without their consent |
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Minatory |
Menacing, threatening |
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Coruscant |
Shining, glittering |
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Abrazo |
An embrace used as a greeting |
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Oleagenous |
Oily |
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Hypostatize |
to treat or regard an idea or concept as reality. |
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Holus-bolus |
All at once; together |
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Ribazuba |
Walrus ivory (wot) |
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Imprimatur |
Official sanction or support |
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Saudade |
Deep melanchony or longing for an absent person or thing |
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Sophistry |
A subtle, tricky method of reasoning |
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Rosarian |
a person who is fond of, or loves cultivating roses |
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Superlative |
of the highest kind, quality or order; (grammar) the highest form of an adjective e.g. best, most awesome, coolest etc |
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Forgettery |
Faulty memory |
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Zugzwang |
Chess, a situation in which the only move available will be damaging |
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Quinquennium |
A period of five years |
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Slacktivism |
Lazy activism |
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Purloin |
Steal |
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Slumberous |
Sleepy; heavy with drowsiness (as of eyes) |
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Ultracrepidarian |
Noting or pertaining to someone who gives advice outside of their own expertise; An ultracrepidarian person |
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Memoriter |
By heart; by memory |
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Chinwag |
To chat idly; an idle chat |
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Winsome |
Sweetly or innocently charming |
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True-blue |
Faithful, loyal |
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Keysmash |
A random string of letters and numbers used to signal intense emotion |
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Puffery |
Undue or exaggerated praise |
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Athleisure |
Sporty clothes that are aldo acceptable for everyday wear |
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Sinker |
A doughnut, biscuit or muffin |
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Notabilia |
Noteworthy items, events or matters |
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Serendipity |
Luck |
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Brinkmanship |
The technique of maneuvering a dangerous situation to one's advantage |
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Aegis |
Protection; support; shield |
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Hireling |
A person who just works for pay; a mercenary |
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Humblebrag |
To make a disguised boast; a brag disguised as an apology or humble statement |
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Bellyache |
To complain |
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Prelapsarian |
Characteristic of or pertaining to a carefree period |
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Prelapsarian |
Characteristic of or pertaining to a carefree period |
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Sui generis |
Of its kind, unique |
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Expostulate |
To reason earnestly with someone about something that they have done. |
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Trothplight |
Engagement to be married |
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Sybilline |
Mysterious; cryptic |
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Sybilline |
Mysterious; cryptic |
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Whizzo |
Top notch |
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Sundog; parhelion |
A bright circular spot on a solar halo |
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Confusticate |
To bewilder or perplex |
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Estival |
Pertaining or appropriate to Summer |
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Beatinest |
Most unusual or remarkable |
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Centenarian |
Someone who has reached the age of 100 |
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Doublethink |
The acceptance of two contradictory ideas at the same time |
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Maffick |
To celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations |
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Cacoepy |
Incorrect pronunciation |
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Apple-polish |
To curry favour in an obsequious fashion |
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Parallax |
The apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the viewer's position |
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Interdigitate |
To interlock or interweave |
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Defrock |
For a monk to lose his place in the church |
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Ophidian |
A snake |
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Ophidian |
A snake |
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Exurb |
Small but prosperous town |
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Nominalization |
The process whereby verbs and adjectives are turned into nouns |
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Instantiate |
To provide evidence or example in support of |
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Instantiate |
To provide evidence or example in support of |
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Inalienable |
Impossible to take away or transfer |
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Sotto voce |
In a low voice so as not to be overheard |
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Perambulator |
Pram |
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Janus-faced |
Having two contrasting aspects |
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Ameliorate |
To improve in comfort, quality etc |
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Cannikin |
A small can or drinking cup |
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Phenology |
The science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena as plant budding and bird migration |
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Alveolus |
A little hole, as in a honeycomb |
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Alveolated |
Having alveoli |
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Uptalk |
Val-speak |
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Fete |
A festive celebration |
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Harrumph |
To clear one's throat in a self-important manner |
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Glocal |
Of or related to the interconnection of global and local factors, issues etc |
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Artifice |
A clever trick |
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Belligerent |
Warlike |
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Benign |
Kind, gentle |
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Cabal |
A small group of secret plotters, or the schemes of such a group |
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Convalesce |
To recover health after illness |
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Covetous |
Eagerly desirous |
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Desultory |
Inconsistent; digressing from the topic |
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Espy |
To see at a distance; catch sight of |
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Injurious |
harmful, detrimental, evil; doing wrong to others; insulting or abusive |
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Metonymy |
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the turf for horse racing, count heads for count people and scepter for sovereignty |
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Obstreperonous |
Unruly or boisterous |
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Ophiomancy |
Divination by means of snakes |
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Serpentiform |
Shaped like a snake |
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Dorp |
A hamlet |
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Anoesis |
A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content |
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Ergate |
A worker ant |
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Variegated |
Varied in appearance or colour; marked with patches or spots |
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Membranophone |
An instrument in which a sound is created by striking, rubbing or blowing a membrane stretched tightly over a frame |
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Ballon |
The lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant |
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Bumfuzzle |
To confuse or fluster |
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Autarky |
The condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation |
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Litotes |
Understatement, especially as expressed by the usage of a negative E.g. "not bad at all" |
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Highfalutin |
Pompous, bombastic, haughty, pretentious |
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Supercilious |
Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous |
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Polemic |
A controversial argument, as one against some doctrine, idea etc |
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Tarn |
A small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque |
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Cirque |
Bowl shaped mountain; ring, circle |
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Al desko |
(Of eating) at a desk in one's office |
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Lickspittle |
A suck-up |
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Phlegethon |
A stream of fire or fiery light |
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Ovine |
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep |
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Exculpatory |
Tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt |
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Amaranth |
A magical, undying flower |
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Amaranthine |
Of or like the amaranth; unfading, everlasting; of a purplish-red colour |
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Avocation |
Job; hobby (as someone writes or programs etc in addition to their actual job) |
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Capstan |
Any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane, for winding in ropes or cables |
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Hedonist |
A person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
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Heliosphere |
The region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends |
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Hobbyhorse |
A pet idea or project |
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Affiance |
To pledge by promise of marriage |
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Affiance |
To pledge by promise of marriage |
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis |
A lung disease caused by silica dust |
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Confabulate |
To chat informally |
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Kibitzer |
A giver of unwanted advice; someone who looks over the shoulders of people playing cards and gives advice; a person who jokes or chitchats while others are trying to work or take something seriously |
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Paludal |
Of, relating to or produced by marshes |
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Iconoclastic |
Attacking or ignoring long-held or cherished beliefs, traditions etc as being based on superstition, error or lack of creativity |
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Sapiosexual |
Someone who is sexually attracted to intelligence |
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Nimbus |
A cloud, aura, atmosphere etc that surrounds a person or thing; A shining cloud that surrounds a god when on earth; Halo; Raincloud |
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Ventifact |
A pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved and polished by erosive action of wind-driven sand |
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Mussitation |
Muttering, murmering |
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Fructify |
To make fruit, become fruitful |
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Palsy-walsy |
Friendly or appearing to be friendly in a hearty or intimate way |
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Consuetude |
Custom, especially as having legal force |
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Apparat |
An organization or existing power structure, especially a political one |
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Appellative/epithet |
A descriptive name or designation, as "bald" in "Charles the bald";
A common noun |
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Phage / bacteriophage |
A virus that attacks specific bacteria, often causing dissolution or disintegration |
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Benighted |
Ignorant;
Overtaken by darkness or night |
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Diffident |
Lacking confidence in one's abilities, worth or fitness |
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Emolument |
Salary, recompense for service |
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Trifling |
Trivial |
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Epoch |
A distinctive time in history |
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Impel |
To compel, induce;
To push or move |
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Incognizant (of) |
Unaware |
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Leery (of) |
Wary, suspicious |
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Non-sequitur |
A conclusion that does not follow logically from the premises;
A statement containing an illogical conclusion |
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Palpitate |
To pulsate, quiver, throb, especially more than usual due to emotion, exertion, disease etc |
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Quixotic |
Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic |
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Remuneration |
Recompense |
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Repudiate |
To reject, or proclaim as false |
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Floccinaucinihilipification |
Estimating or deeming something as worthless |
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Vim |
Lively or energetic spirit |
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Vespertide |
Evening |
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Vespertide |
Evening |
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Vespertine |
Coming out in the evening |
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Matutinal |
In the morning |
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Oceanicity |
The degree to which the climate of a place is affected by the sea |
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Masscult |
The forms of culture selected, interpreted and disseminated by popular media |
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Cervine |
To do with deer; deerlike |
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Sensorium |
The part of the brain associated with sensation; the brain; sensory apparatus |
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Mickle |
(Archaic) great, large, much |
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Antinome |
Antithesis; something that is contradictory of or opposite to; a logical contradiction |
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Gramarye |
Magic |
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Catachresis |
Misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect |
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Bicameral |
(Government) having two branches, chambers or houses |
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Serotinal |
Pertaining to or occurring in late summer |
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Narcotize |
To act as a narcotic; to deaden or dull the awareness of; to treat with a narcotic |
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Septenary |
Septennial; of or relating to the number seven, or forming a group of seven; a period of seven years; a group of seven; |
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Elysium |
A state of perfect happiness; heavan |
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Incorrigable |
Bad beyond correction |
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Fatalistic |
Grimly accepting |
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Incipient |
Appearing in the early stages |
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Dirhinous |
Having paired nostrils |
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Diaphanous |
Hazy, sheer or light |
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Depredation |
Preying upon; plundering; robbery |
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Asperity |
Effusive |
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Sere |
Dry, withered |
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Presage |
Foreshadowing |
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Prescience |
Foresight, knowledge of things before they happen |
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Prescript |
Rule, order; that which is prescribed |
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Fretwork |
A pattern of interlacing parts, especially when formed by perforation |
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Investiture |
The act of bestowing, investing; the giving of rights or robes of office (like a coronation) |
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Transom |
Crossbar across a window; a window so divided; a bar above a door and below a transom light (a window above a door) |
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Anaglypta |
That kind of wallpaper that looks like paper towels |
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Gnomon/style |
The part of a sundial that casts a shadow |
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Pangram |
A word, verse etc that uses all the letters of the alphabet |
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Aggiornamento |
The act of bringing something up to date in order to make it meet current needs |
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Monticule |
A small mountain, hill or mound; a subordinate volcano |
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Tittle |
A dot or diacritic; a jot, whit (a small measure) |
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Tattersall |
A pattern of squares formed by coloured lines on a lightly-coloured background |
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Decidious |
Not evergreen |
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Polyhistor |
A person of great and varied learning |
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Octothorpe |
Hashtag |
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Sable |
(For heraldic colours) black |
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Peculation |
Embezzlement |
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Countermand |
To revoke or cancel (an order) |
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Efface |
To clean or expunge; to make oneself inconspicuous |
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Denigrate |
Disparage |
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Imprecation |
Curse |
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Coquette |
A flirtatious woman |
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Hauteur |
Arrogance |
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Effusive |
Lacking reserve; overflowing |
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Ablaut/apophony |
Regular alteration of the internal phonic structure of a word (usually a vowel) E.g. sing, sang, sung, song |
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Abstemious |
Characterized by abstinence |
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Abstemious |
Characterized by abstinence |
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Accoutre |
To equip or outfit |
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Acrimony |
Sharpness, harshness etc of speech, disposition etc |
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Adjuvant |
Intended to assist or help; auxiliary |
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Adroit |
Clever or skilful, in the use of the hands or other ways |
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Adumbrate |
To foreshadow; to overshadow; to produce a faint image of |
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Advection |
The horizontal flow of water, air etc As opposed to invection |
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Aglet |
The bit on the end of a shoelace |
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Ague (aygoo) |
A shivering cold |
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Albedo |
(Astronomy) the ratio of the light reflected by a satellite to the light received by it
The white inner rind of a citrus fruit |
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Allotrope |
One of multiple forms of an element (Graphite is an allotrope of carbon) |
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Alluvium |
A deposit of sand, silt etc formed by a river |
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Ambulate |
To walk or move from place to place |
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Anserine |
Resembling a goose Gooselike; silly |
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Antipathy |
Aversion |
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Aphorism |
A terse saying expressing a general truth, such as 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely' |
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Approbation |
Official approval or support |
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Arcadian |
Pastoral, rural and idyllic |
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Arete |
The aggregate of qualities making up a good person |
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Astringent |
Harshly biting (Medicine) a medicine that contracts or constricts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby reducing the flow of blood, mucus etc |
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Attrition |
Weakening, reduction E.g. a war of ________ |
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Aureate |
Gilded or golden Flowery in writing, speech, etc Brilliant or splendid |
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Autochthon |
An aboriginal inhabitant An indigenous plant or animal |
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Banausic |
Utilitarian; mechanical |
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Bifurcate |
To divide into two branches |
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Bilbo |
A finely tempered sword A kind of iron bar with attached shackles used to constrict the motion of prisonere |
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Blithe |
Joyously carefree |
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Adage |
Proverb |
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Rapture of the deep / nitrogen narcosis |
A drowsy state induced by breathing air under pressure, e.g. deep sea diving |
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Collective noun for rooks (the bird fam) |
A parliament, a building |
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Collective noun for ravens |
An unkindness |
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Eximious |
Excellent (Latin: eximere) |
Comes from Latin "to take out" |
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Spectroscopy |
The study of the interaction of matter and electromagnetic radiation Originally the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength by a prism |
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Heuristic |
To do with trial and error Encouraging people to figure stuff out for themselves Serving to indicate or point out |
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Paean |
A song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving |
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Lyophise |
To dry by freezing in a vacuum |
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