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100 Cards in this Set
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modish
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adj. fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
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mollycoddle
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v. to pamper; to coddle; to baby; to indulge excessively
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molt
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v. to periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers
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monochrome
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adj. painting in only one color
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mote
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n. a small speck, as of dust
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motility
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adj. ability to move spontaneously
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mottled
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adj. blotched in coloring; spotted
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musty
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adj. stale in odor or taste; spoiled by age
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natty
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adj. neatly or smartly dressed; dapper
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nib
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n. the pen point; th ebeak
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niggle
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v. to spend too much time on minor points; find fault needlessly
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nubile
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adj. marriageable; of marriageable age
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orifice
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n. a mouthlike opening; small opening, especially to a cavern or passage of the body
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orthography
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n. the art of the correct spelling
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ovoid
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adj. egg-shaped
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palatial
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adj. of or suitable for a palace; magnificent
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pallet
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n. small poor bed; straw bed
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pan
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v. to criticize harshly
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pare
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v. to cut away the outer covering of skin; to trim
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parquet
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n. floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter
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patois
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n. local or provincial dialect
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peddle
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v. to travel about selling wares
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perigee
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n. point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
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perquisite
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n. any gain about stipulated salary
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pestle
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n. tool for mashing or griding substances in a hard bowl or mortar
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pharisaical
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adj. pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self righteous and hypocritical
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philatelist
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n. a stamp collector
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piebald
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adj. of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors, especially in black and white
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pinnace
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n. a small boat
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plait
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v. to braid; to interwine strands or lengths; to make by weaving strands together
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plumb
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v. to examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; to measure in depth
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pore
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v. to study industriously; to ponder; to scrutinize
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poseur
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n. a person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, to impress others; person who poses
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proscrenium
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n. the part of the stage in front of the curtain; front arch of the stage
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quay
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n. a dock, wharf; pier; landing place for boats
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quisling
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n. a traitor who aids invaders
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rasp
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v. to grate on; to make a harsh noise; to have an unpleasant effect
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refulgent
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adj. effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming
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repast
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n. a meal; feast; banquet
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rococo
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adj. ornate; highly decorated
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rostrum
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n. a raised platform for speech-making; pulpit
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satyr
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n. half human, half bestial being in the court of dionysius resembling a goat, portrayed as wantoned, unrestrained and cunning; lecher
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savant
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n. a scholar; a learned person
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scad
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n a great quantity, as in a scad of clothes
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scotch
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v. to stamp out; put an end to; thwart; hinder
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septic
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adj. of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction
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serrate
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v. to have a sawtooth edge, like in a leaf or a knife
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sheaf
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n. a bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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simper
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v. to smirk; to smile in a silly way; to smile affectedly
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skinflint
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n. a miser; a stingy person
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skittish
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adj. inconstant; capricious; frivolous; no serious
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sleight
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adj. dexterity; quickness of the hands in doing tricks
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slough
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v. to shake or cast off, as in useless or dead objects
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spangle
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n. a small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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spry
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adj. vigorously active and nimble, especially of old people
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stygian
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adj. unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly (from the chief river of the subterranean land of the dead)
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swarthy
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adj. dark (in skin complexion); dusky
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sybarite
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n. a lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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tarry
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v. to linger; to delay in starting or going; to dawdle
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teetotalism
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n. the practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
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tessellate
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v. to make like a mosaic or an inlaid pattern
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thresh
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v. to beat with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw (as with cereals)
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tureen
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n. a deep dish for serving soup
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tyro
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n. a beginner; a novice
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unction
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n. the act of annointing with oil
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untoward
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adj; unexpected and adverse; unfortunate and unlucky
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vagary
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n. a capricious happening; a whim
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verdigris
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n. a green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather
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vignette
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n. small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter; a short literary sketch; short written description of a character or scene
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vintner
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n. a wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine
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waggish
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adj. humorous; mischevious; tricky
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wangle
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v. to achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out
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warble
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n. (of a bird) single; babble
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warren
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n. tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live
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wastrel
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adj. waster; profligate
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welter
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v. to wallow (as in the mud); lie soaked (as in blood)
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willowy
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adj. flexible; pliant; slender
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wizened
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adj. shriveled; withered (as in an old apple)
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writhe
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v. to twist in coils; also to contort in pain
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bangster
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n. a burly violent fellow; a bully and a braggart; one who beats his opponents
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nitid
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adj. bright; lustrous
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raglan
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adj. having or being a sleeve that extends in one piece to the neckline of the garment, with slanted seams from the armhole to the neck
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boffin
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n. a scientist, especially one engaged in research; a person who has extensive skills in a particular field; someone who is considered to be very clever; often to the exclusion of all non-academic interests
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agathokakological
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adj. composed of good and evil
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busticate
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v. to break into pieces
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scofflaw
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n. one who habitually violates the law or fails to answer the court summonses
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spatchcock
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v. to insert or interpolate, especially in a forced or incongruous manner; to prepare and roast a fowl on a spit after it has been dressed
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hourglass syndrome
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n. stress and frustration caused by slow computers
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tarry
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v. to delay or be tardy; to wait; to remain or to stay
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minim
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n. the least quantity of anything; the smallest unit of measure
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cheechako
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n. a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer
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yeuk
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n. an itching sensation
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fantod
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n. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; a sudden outpouring of anger, outrage, or a similar intense emotion
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gerent
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n. a ruler or manager
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absquatulate
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v. to flee; to abscond
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polemomania
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n. excessive desire for conflict; militant anger
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satisdiction
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n. the condition of saying enough
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pigwidgeon
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n. a small or insignificant person or thing
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simplicitarian
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n. one who aims at simiplicity in life
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koan
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n. a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the qustion often being illuminating
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