Miscellaneous Word List 1101-1200

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tremulous

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adj. (1) shaking; shivering; quivering (2) affected with fear or timidity; trembling

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quizzical

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adj. (1) suggesting puzzlement; questioning (2) teasing; mocking (3) eccentric; odd

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contretemps

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n. an unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence

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rue

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v./n. to feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for/ sorrow; regret

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couturier

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n. someone who designs clothes

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blasé

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adj. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; unconcerned; nonchalant

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passé

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adj. no longer current or in fashion; out-of-date; past the prime; faded or aged

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nonchalant

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adj. seeming to be cooly unconcerned or indifferent

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cavalier

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adj./n. showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive; showing haughty disregard/a gallant or chivalrous man; a knight

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glib

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adj. performed with a natural, offhand ease; showing little thought, preparation, or concern

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ad-lib

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v. to improvise and deliver extemporaneously; uttered, performed, or carried out spontaneously

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faux

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adj. artificial; fake; not genuine or real; being an imitation

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replete

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adj. abundantly supplied; abounding; filled to satiation; gorged; complete

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cad

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n. a man whose behavior is unprincipled or dishonorable; someone who is morally reprehensible

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sozzle

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v./n. (1) to splash or wet carelessly; to spill water or other liquids carelessly (2) to heap up in confusion; to confusedly mingle/a sluttish woman

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dapper

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adj. (1) neatly dressed; trim; very stylish in dress (2) lively and alert

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cutpurse

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n. a pickpocket

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minatory

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adj. threatening; menacing

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potentate

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n. one who possesses great power or sway; a ruler, sovereign, or monarch

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maven

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n. a person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert

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rogatory

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adj. requesting information, especially a request by one court of another

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ipse dixit

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n. an unsupported assertion, usually by a person of standing; a dictum; an unsupported dogmatic assertion

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ko'tow

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n. the prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground

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incontinent

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adj. not restrained; uncontrolled; lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste

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comport

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v. to conduct or behave in a particular manner; to agree, correspond, or harmonize

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deportment

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n. a manner of personal conduct; behavior

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profanation

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n. the act or instance of profaning; desecration

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black mass

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n. a travesty

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manic/neurotic/hysteric/luantic

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adj. extremely excited or energetic; frenzied/overanxious;tending to be emotionally unstable/a fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying/insane; wildly or giddily foolish; eccentric

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milieu

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n. an environment or a setting

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situs/status/locus

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n. position, especially normal or original position, as of a body organ or part/position relative to others;standing/position relative to place or locality

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cassandra

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n. one that utters unheeded prophecies

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interpolate

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v. to insesrt or introduce between other elements; to estimate a value between two known values

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dross

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n. (1) waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter; the scum that forms on the surface (2) anything of inferior quality

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solder

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n./v. something that joins or cements/ to serve as a bond between; join

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nugatory

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adj. of little or no importance; trifling; having no force; invalid

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du jour

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adj. currently fashionable; most recent; current; prepared for a given day

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pallid

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adj. having an abnormally pale or wan complexion; lacking intensity of color or luminousness; lacking in radiance or vitality; dull

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poultice

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n. a moist dressing, often heated, applied to painful and swollen parts of the body

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catarrh

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n. inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose and throat

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expectoration

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v. to eject from the mouth; spit; to cough up and eject by spitting

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fugue

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n. dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life, after recovering, there is no memory of events during the dissociative state

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drake

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n. a male duck

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affectation

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n. a show, pretense, or display; behavior that is asumed rather than natural; artificiality; a habit adopted to give a false impression

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cold fish

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n. an aloof person

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killjoy

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n. one who spoils the enthusiasm or fun of others

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wet blanket

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n. one that discourages enjoyment or enthusiasm

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flaccid

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adj. lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone; lacking vigor or energy

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facile

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adj. done or achieved with little effort; easy; effortless; arrived at without due care

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picayune

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adj./n. of little value or importance; paltry; petty; mean; something of very little value; a trifle

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onomatopoeia

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a word or grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, such as 'click' 'buzz' 'oink' 'quack' 'meow', etc

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prink

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v. to dress up; to deck for show; to primp

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claque

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n. a group hired to applaud at a performance; a group of fawning admirers

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reticulate

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adj./v. resembling or forming a net or network; to mark with lines resembling a network

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dilatory

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adj. tending to put off what out to be done at once; given to procrastination

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verdure

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n. green; greenness; freshness of vegetation

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rebus

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n. a representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle

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revenant

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n. one that returns after a lengthy absence; one who returns after death

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defenstrate

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v. to throw out a window

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renascent

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adj. springing or rising again into being; showing renewed vigor

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eristic

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adj./n. given to or characterized by disputatious, often specious argument/expert in dispute or argument; art of disputation and polemics

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malediction

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n. a curse or execration

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glutinous

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adj. of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky

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martinet

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n. a rigid military disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

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lechery

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n. excessive indulgence in sexual activity; lewdness

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pasquinade

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n. a satire or lampoon, especially one that ridicules a specific person, traditionally written and posted in a public place

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inculcate

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v. to impress upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill; to teach by frequent instruction

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pursy

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adj. fat and short-breathed; fat, short and thick; swelled with pampering

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prorogue

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v. to discontinue a session of a meeting; to postpone; defer

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surplice

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n. a loose-fitting gown with wide sleeves

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forlorn

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adj. sad and lonely because deserted, abandoned or lost; bereft; forsaken; almost hopeless; desperate; wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition

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lark

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n. (1) a small brown songbird (2) a carefree adventure or frolic; a harmless piece of mischief (3) an activity or job viewed with disrespect

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cockaigne

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n. an imaginary land of ease and luxury

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waif

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n. a homeless person, especially an orphaned child; an abandoned young animal; something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea

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flotsam

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n. (1) wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk; floating refuse or debris; discarded odds and ends (2) vagrant, usually destitute people

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prelacy

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n. the office or station of a prelate; body of prelates or bishops

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popery

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n. offensive term for the doctrines, practices, and rituals of the roman catholic church

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recusant

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n. a dissenter; a nonconformist; a person who refuses to obey authority

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depredation

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n. (1) a predatory attack; a raid (2) damage or loss; ravage

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declension

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n. (1) the inflection of nouns, pronouns and adjectives to show case, number and gender (2) a descending slope; a descent (3) a decline or decrease; a detioration (3) a deviation from a standard or practice

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environ

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v. to encircle; surround

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prater

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v. to talk idly and at length; chatter; to talk to no purpose; empty foolish or trivial talk

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manikin

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n. (1) a man of short stature (2) an anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching

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apercus

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n. (1) a discerning perception; an insight (2) a short outline or summary; a synopsis

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mazy

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adj. resembling a maz, as in design or complexity; labyrinthine

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ho-hum

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adj. boring and dull; routine

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smorgasbord

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n. a buffet meal featuring a varied number of dishes; a varied collection

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ad oculos

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by eye, visually

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endoptic phenomena

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adj. images hard-wired into the human visual apparatus, and are thought to relate to the shadow which capillaries cast upon the retina

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mycelium

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n. the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae; the main growing structure of a fungus

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endogenous

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adj. produced or growing from within; originating or produced within an organism, tissue or cell

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verdant

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adj. (1) green with vegetation; covered with green growth (2) lacking experience or sophistication; naive

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fellate

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v. to perform fellatio on; to engage in fellatio

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droll

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adj./n. amusingly odd or whimsically comical; a buffoon

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condign

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adj. suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate

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gustatory

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adj. of or pertaining to the sense of taste

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dapple

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n./v. a small contrasting splot or blotch; to mark with patches of a color or shade; to spot; a mottled appearance

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scarp

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n. an escarpment; a steep slope or ridge of rock; the side of the ditch cut nearest to a rampart

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sporting plant

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n. a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new and very different character from that of the rest of the plant

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troglodyte

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n. a member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens or holes; a cave dweller; one who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, brutish