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elongating |
extending the length of |
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postern |
private or side entrance |
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pompadour |
men's hairstyle that goes up, Elvis |
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nebulous |
indistinct; vague |
hazy |
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meretricious |
attracting attention in a vulgar, distasteful or tacky way; tawdry (showy and cheap; gaudy; tasteless) |
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tawdry |
showy and cheap; gaudy; tasteless |
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conceits |
fanciful ideas; whimsical notions |
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debauchee |
dissipated (intoxicated) person |
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euphemisms |
use of a word or phrase that is less direct but also less offensive or distasteful than another |
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dilatory |
inclined to delay; slow or late in doing things; procrastinating |
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incarnation |
put in bodily form; endowed with a human body; given flesh |
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caravansary |
in the Orient a kind of inn where caravans stop for the night |
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magnanimous |
generous in overlooking injury or insult; noble forgiving; high-minded |
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expostulation |
objecting to a person's actions or intentions |
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truculent |
fierce; cruel; savage; brutally harsh; violent |
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redolent |
smelling of |
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grail |
the cup supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper; an object sought for its mythic powers (happiness, eternal youth, abundance, etc.) |
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benediction |
a blessing |
negative connotation |
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garrulous |
talkative, loquacious |
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fortuitously |
by chance; accidentally; fortunately |
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corrugated |
furrowed; made with ridge-patterns |
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ostentatious |
showing off wealth in a flashy way |
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adventitious |
accidental |
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circumstantial |
incidental |
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pasquinade |
satire posted in a public place |
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ulster |
long, heavy overcoat |
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ejaculated |
blurted out; uttered suddenly; said impulsively |
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bulbous |
shaped like a bulb or bulbs |
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unutterably |
inexpressibly; not capable of putting into words |
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inquisitions |
investigations; questionings |
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pandered |
provided the gratification of another's needs, desires or wishes |
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transitory |
fleeting; short-lived; ephemeral; evanescent |
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commensurate |
corresponding in extent or degree; matching |
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brooding |
thinking about and getting sad |
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orgastic |
frenzied; greatly excited |
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