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Exotic
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Adjective
Exicitingly Strange |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Careen
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Verb
To rush carelessly |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Heresy
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Noun
An action or opinion contrary to what is generally thought of as right |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Reiterate
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Verb
To repeat |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Precariously
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Adverb
Insecurely; in a dangerous way |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Doggedness
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Noun
Persistence; Stubborness |
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Invalid
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Adjective
Too ill to live a normal life |
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Infallibility
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Noun
An inability to make errors |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Iridescent
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Noun
Shining with shifting rainbow colors |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Imminent
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Adjective
About to occur |
The Scarlet Ibis
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Tangible
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Adjective
Capable of being touched or felt; having actual form and substance |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Quarry
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Noun
The object of a hunt; prey |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Disarming
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Adjective
Removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Affable
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Adjective
Friendly, plesant and easy to talk to |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Condone
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Verb
To overlook, forgive, or disregard |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Droll
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Adjective
Amusingly odd or comical |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Elude
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Verb
To escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness, or skill |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Solicitously
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Adverb
With an expression of care or concern |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Scruple
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Noun
An uneasy felling arising from one's conscience or principles |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Stamina
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Noun
Physical or moral strength; endurance |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Deplorable
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Adjective
Deeply regrettable; unfortunate |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Imperative
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Adjective
Absolutely necessary |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Zealous
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Adjective
Intensely devoted and enthusiastic |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Amenity
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Noun
Something that adds one's comfront or convenience |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Uncanny
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Adjective
So remarkable as to seem supernatural |
The Most Dangerous Game
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Cur
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Noun
A muf or mongrel |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Derisive
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Adjective
Mocking |
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Disdainful
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Adjective
Scornful and contemptuous |
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Distraught
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Adjective
Mad;insane |
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Haggard
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Adjective
Appearing worn and exhausted |
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Inscrutable
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Adjective
Difficult to fathom or understand |
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Insinuatingly
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Adverb
Provoking gradual doubt or suspicion |
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Insolent
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Adjective
Arrogant |
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Intimate
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Adjective
Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity |
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Pandemonium
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Noun
A very noisy place |
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Forlorn
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Adjective
Appearing sad or lonely because of being deserted or abandoned |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Dumbfounded
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Transitive Verb
To fill with astonishment and perplexity |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Lynch
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Transitive Verb
To execute without due process of law, especially to hand, as by a mob |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Brusque
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Adjective
Abrupt and curt in manner of speech |
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Ominous
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Adjective
Menacing; threatening |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Irk
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Transitive Verb
To be irritating or vexing |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Frenzy
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Noun
A temporary madness |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Crestfallen
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Adjective
Dispirited and depressed |
Santa Claus is a White Man
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Erstwhile
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Adverb
In the past, at a former time |
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Jeer
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Verb
Mock or taunt |
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Misanthropy
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a hatred or disgust mankind
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The Gold Bug
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Melancholy
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Depressed in spirits; sad, depressed; pensive
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The Gold Bug
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Manumit
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To relese from slavery
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The Gold Bug
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Peevish
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Querulous in temperament or mood; fretful; perversely obstinate; maked by ill temper
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The Gold Bug
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Aberration
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The fact or and instance of being aberrant; behavior that departs substantially from normal moral standards
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The Gold Bug
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Vellum
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A fine-grained unsplit lambskin or calf skin prepared for writing on or binding books
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The Gold Bug
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Enigma
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Something or cleverness in devising or combining; inventiveness
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The Gold Bug
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Ingenuity
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Skill or cleverness in devising or combining; inventiveness
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The Gold Bug
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Flog
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To beat with as if with a rod or a whip
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Plausible
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Appearing worth of belief
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Eclipse
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Noun
The partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another. |
A Scandal in Bohemia
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Predominate
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Adjective
To have or gain controlling power or influence; prevail |
A Scandal in Bohemia
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Gibe
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Verb
To make taunting or jeering remarks |
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Effusive
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Adjective
Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression. |
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Brougham
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Noun
A closed four-wheeled carriage with an open driver's seat in front. |
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Guinea
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Noun
Gold coin in English currency |
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Opulence
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Noun
Wealth; affluence |
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Languid
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Adjective
Lacking energy or vitality; weak |
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Boswell
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Noun
Scottish lawyer, diarist, and writer renowened as the biographer of Samueul Johnson |
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Carte Blanche
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Noun
Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority |
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Conjecture
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Inferring, therorizing, or predicting from incomplete or uncertain evidence; guesswork
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Impropriety
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The quality of being improper; inappropriate or unsuitable action or behavior
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Prescience
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Apparent knowledge of things before they happen or come into being; foreknowledge
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Remonstrance
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The act or instance of remonstrating; protest, complaint
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Bellicose
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Of a quarrelsome orhostile nature; eager to fight or quarrel; warlike
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Maudlin
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Foolishly and tearfully or weakly sentimental
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Dissuade
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To turn (a person) aside (from a course, etc.) by persuasion or advice; to advise against (an action)
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Celestial
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Of the heavens, of the sky; of heaven, divine; of the highest kind, perfect
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Extemporize
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To speak, perform, or compose extempore; to improvise
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Cache
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A safe place for storing or hiding things; anything sroted or hidden in such a place
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