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Trepidation
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1. A state of alarm or dread; apprehension. fear.
2. An involuntary trembling or quivering. Syn: apprehension, affright, alarm, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror. |
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sepulchral
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1. Of or relating to a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics.
2. Suggestive of the grave; funereal. |
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grotto
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1. A small cave or cavern.
2. An artificial structure or excavation made to resemble a cave or cavern. also: A hollow beneath the earth's surface Synonym: grot The word comes from Italian grotta, Vulgar Latin grupta, Latin crypta, (a crypt). It is related to the word grotesque |
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Wicca
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1. A polytheistic Neo-Pagan nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft.
2. A group or community of believers or followers of this religion. Originally founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner, probably in the 1940s |
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labrys
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double-headed axe
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sistrum
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A percussion instrument of ancient Egypt, Sumeria, and Rome consisting of metal rods or loops attached to a metal frame.
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piquant
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1. Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.
2. a. Appealingly provocative: a piquant wit. b. Charming, interesting, or attractive: a piquant face. 3. Archaic. Causing hurt feelings; stinging. |
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chevy
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annoy continually or chronically
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caduceus
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1. A herald's wand or staff, especially in ancient times.
2. Greek Mythology. A winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes. # An insignia modeled on Hermes's staff and used as the symbol of the medical profession |
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millwork
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Woodwork, such as doors, window casings, and baseboards, ready-made by a lumber mill.
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parquet
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1. A floor made of parquetry.
2. The art or process of making parquetry. 3. a. The part of the main floor of a theater between the orchestra pit and the parquet circle. b. The entire main floor of a theater. literally: wooden floor |
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ankh
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A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, especially as used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life. Also called ansate cross.
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par·quet·ry (pär'kĭ-trē) pronunciation
n., pl. -ries. |
Inlay of wood, often of different colors, that is worked into a geometric pattern or mosaic and is used especially for floors.
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widow's peak
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A V-shaped point formed by the hair near the top of the human forehead.
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Foist
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1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: “I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention” (J.D. Salinger).
2. To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery: They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss. 3. To insert fraudulently or deceitfully: foisted unfair provisions into the contract. |
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buttress
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1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
2. Something resembling a buttress, as: 1. The flared base of certain tree trunks. 2. A horny growth on the heel of a horse's hoof. 3. Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce: “The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo” (J. William Fulbright). tr.v., -tressed, -tress·ing, -tress·es. 1. To support or reinforce with a buttress. 2. To sustain, prop, or bolster: “The author buttresses her analysis with lengthy dissections of several of Moore's poems” (Warren Woessner). noun A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure: brace, crutch, prop, shore, stay, support, underpinning. verb To present evidence in support of: back (up), corroborate, substantiate. |
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ab·struse
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ab·struse (ăb-strūs', əb-)
adj. Difficult to understand; recondite. synonym: ambiguous. |
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obstinate
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1. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.
2. Difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory. 3. Difficult to alleviate or cure: an obstinate headache. adjective 1. Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, tenacious, willful. See resist/yield. 2. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idioms: out of line. See control/uncontrol, order/disorder, peace/conflict, resist/yield. 3. Difficult to alleviate or cure: persistent, pertinacious, stubborn. |
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espousal
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1. A betrothal. 2. A wedding ceremony. 2. Adoption of an idea or a cause. noun 1. The act or condition of being pledged to marry: betrothal, engagement, troth. See marriage/unmarried. 2. The act or ceremony by which two people become husband and wife: bridal, marriage, nuptial (often used in plural), spousal (often used in plural), wedding. See marriage/unmarried. 3. A ready taking up of something: adoption, embracement. See accept/reject, give/take/reciprocity. |
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tithing
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An administrative division consisting of ten householders in the old English system of frankpledge
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flag·el·la·tion
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flag·el·la·tion (flăj'ə-lā'shən)
n. 1. Whipping oneself or another as a means of arousing or heightening sexual feeling. 2. The flagellar arrangement on an organism. |
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cloistered
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Meaning #1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical Meaning #2: providing privacy or seclusion Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered |