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Fructuous
frŭk'chōō-əs |
Adj - fruitful, fertile, productive, profitable
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Gallimaufry
gal-uh-MAW-free |
Noun - a mixture of dissimilar elements; a confused medley; jumble
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Bibelot
bē'bə-lō' |
Noun - a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity
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Tortuous
tôr'chōō-əs |
Adj -
(1) Having or marked by repeated turns or bends winding or twisting: "a tortuous road through the mountains." (2) Not straightforward; circuitous; devious: "a tortuous plot; tortuous reasoning." (3) Highly involved; complex: "tortuous legal procedures." |
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Nonage
nŏn'ĭj |
Noun -
(1) The period during which one is legally underage. (2) A period of immaturity: "The bravest achievements were always accomplished in the nonage of a nation" (Thomas Paine). |
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Coruscate
kôr'ə-skāt' |
Verb -
(1) To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: "diamonds coruscating in the candlelight." (2) To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: "a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall." |
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Matutinal
mə-tōōt'n-əl |
Adj -
pertaining to or occurring in the morning; "took his matutinal walk" |
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Ambuscade
AM-buh-skeyd (A as in Apple) |
Noun -
An ambush Trans Verb - To ambush, attack suddenly without warning |
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Punctilious
pŭngk-tĭl'ē-əs |
Adj -
marked by precise accordance with details: "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" |
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Stasis
stā'sĭs |
Noun -
(1) the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces (2) an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped |
