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Agog
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highly excited
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Piquancy
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pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
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Caucus
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meeting where party leaders are elected and strategy is determined
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Augury
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sign of what will happen, omen
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Tandem
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coming one after another
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Rhapsodize
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to express oneself in an immoderately enthusiastic manner.
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Preeminence
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importance, significance; superiority, supremacy; distinctiveness, state of being distinguished; advantage
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Tenacity
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firmness or persistence
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Nave
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central part of the church
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Elf
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below 3 kilohertz; Synonym : extremely low frequency. Extremely Low Frequency)
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Obtain
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PREVAIL, be in force. for e.g. rules obtaining in other jurisdictions
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Palter
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to act insincerely or deceitfully
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Discommode
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to cause inconvenience to : TROUBLE
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Entrench
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establish so firmly that change is difficult :
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Mulish
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unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate like a mule
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Inveigh
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to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : RAIL
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Imbue
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fill with a feeling or quality
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Xerophagy
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fast which includes the eating of dry foods only
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Balky
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refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected
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blandishment
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something that tends to coax or cajole : ALLUREMENT
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Surly
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gruff; bad : tempered and unfriendly
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Ennui
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feeling of listlessness, boredom, and dissatifaction
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Ream
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500 sheets of paper
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Ladle
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a long handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
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Speculative
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risky; based on guesswork rather than knowledge
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Ensnare
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keep someone in a situation from which they canot escape
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Ensue
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to follow as a consequence or result
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Knoll
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a small rounded hill or mound; a hillock
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Incontrovertible
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impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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Moxie
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courage or nerve . the ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage; aggressive energy
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Tintinnabulation
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the ringing or sounding of bells
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Skein
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a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil; a flock of geese or similar birds in flight
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Manna
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hardened sugary exudation of various trees; food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Vicissitude
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a change or variation. The quality of being changeable; mutability
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Purism
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strict observance of or insistence on traditional correctness, especially of language
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Japery
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acting like a clown or buffoon; a trick or practical joke
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Dolorous
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marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain
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Tort
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damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in circumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach.
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Pettifogger
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a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer. One who quibbles over trivia
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Slatternly
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slovenly; untidy
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Muckrake
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to search for and expose misconduct in public life.
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Mordant
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bitingly sarcastic
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Francophile
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a person who admires France, its people, or its culture
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Foursquare
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characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four : sided regular polygon
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Enfeoff
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to invest with a feudal estate or fee
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Ineluctable
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impossible to avoid or evade
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Malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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Malcontent
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a chronically dissatisfied person; one who rebels against the established system; discontented as toward authority
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Hull
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the dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; body of a ship
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Cron
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A time unit equal to 1000000 years; used in reference to evolutionary processes
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Votary
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One zealously devoted to a religion
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Croon
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To sing softly or in a humming way
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Quisling
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A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country
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Termagant
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A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes
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Coterie
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A small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently
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Humdrum
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Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring , dull; monotonous talk or routine.
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Happenstance
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An unexpected random event
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Cord
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a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet or 128 cubic feet . To pile (wood) in cords; a line made of twisted fibers or threads
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Diazepam
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A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles;
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Sagitta
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula
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Marrow
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The most central and material part; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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Forage
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Food for domestic animals; fodder. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions
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Quart
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A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to / 4 gallon or 32 ounces
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Shuck
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A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn. The shell of an oyster or clam
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Evacuant
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Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate; tending to cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuation of the bowels
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Frisky
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Playful
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Quatrain
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A stanza or poem of four lines
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Vulgaris
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Being of the usual type; common
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Frill
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Something costly and unnecessary
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Swath
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A path or strip; the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
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Sagittal
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Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull;
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Pelf
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Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired
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Stultify
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cause to feel bored or enervated. 2)cause to appear foolish or absurd
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Faradic
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Of, relating to, or using an intermittent asymmetrical alternating electric current produced by an induction coil
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Grovel
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To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; to behave in a servile or demeaning manner
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Shoal
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A shallow part of a body of water : shallow; measuring little from bottom to top or surface, a large number of fish swimming together.
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Glut
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To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate
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Pallid
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Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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Batten
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Grow fat,thrive upon others
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Conch
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Large seashell
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Ingenue
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An artless girl;an actress who plays such parts
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Orison
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Prayer
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Rambunctious
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Boisterous and disorderly
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Carpophagous
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Feeding on fruit; fruit : eating
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Fustian
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A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting
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Compunction
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A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds; a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action; regret, sorrow
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Afferent
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Carrying inward to a central organ or section, as nerves that conduct impulses from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord; transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers
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Stultify
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To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible; cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; cripple
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Instate
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to set or establish in a rank or office:INSTALL
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Shrivel
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To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle; to become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying; to lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity; dehydrate, dry up
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Caginess
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Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters; secretive; wary; careful; shrewd
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Cadge
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To beg or get by begging, BEGGAR, bummer, moocher, panhandler
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Bibulous
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Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink; very absorbent, as paper or soil; inclined to drink; of or relating to drink or drinking
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Fustian
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Pretentious, pompous speech or writing; a coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pompous or pretentious talking or writing
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Fallow
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Land left unseeded during a growing season; inactive; plowed but left unseeded during a growing season : fallow farmland
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Immure
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To confine within or as if within walls; imprison; lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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Armageddon
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The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world; a decisive or catastrophic conflict
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Pastiche
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A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
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Reagent
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A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances
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Cow
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To frighten with threats or a show of force; browbeat, intimidate;
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Lop
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To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a whole
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Jejune
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Not interesting; dull; lacking maturity; childish; lacking in nutrition
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Cruet
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A small glass bottle for holding a condiment, such as vinegar or oil; a small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the consecration of the Eucharist
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Preclude
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To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; to exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity
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Bunion
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A bunion is an abnormal enlargement of the joint; a painful, inflamed swelling of the bursa at the first joint of the big toe, characterized by enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe
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Hospice
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1) a home providing care for the sick or terminally ill. 2) a lodging for travellers, especially one run by a religious order
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Jerry
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A German, especially a German soldier; offensive terms for a person of German descent
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Glean
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To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by bit; gather facts in small quantities
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Gruffness
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A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner
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Mortar
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A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; a machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed; an ancient field weapon that fires a projectile in a high arch to reach an impact point; plastic material to bond stones and bricks together
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Leviathan
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One that is extraordinarily large and powerful; any large animal, as a whale; a monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible; something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship
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Repletion
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The condition of being fully supplied or completely filled; a state of excessive fullness
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Orc
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A mythical monster of varying descriptions; any of several cetaceans especialy the grampus of the dolphin family
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Maroon
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To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon; to abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape; a fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries; a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red
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Fiesta
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A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in Spanish : speaking countries
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Gaily
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In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily; with bright colors or trimmings; showily
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Fealty
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The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such fidelity
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Ensconce
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To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably; to place or conceal in a secure place; hide; tuck away; fix firmly
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Votary
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A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service; a faithful follower; an enthusiast
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Demurral
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The act of demurring, especially a mild, polite, or considered expression of opposition; a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
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Vouchsafe
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To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign; to let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege; to descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity; ose; grant
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Paroles
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conditionally released from jail; pledge or promise made by a prisoner that he will obey the terms of his release
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Seraph
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A celestial being having three pairs of wings; the first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
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Fabric
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a structure or framework
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Bolt
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1) a roll of fabric, originally as a measure 2) run away suddenly3 ) BAR, LOCK, catch, latch, fastener
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Suppliant
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Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching; one praying humbly for something
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Jarring
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Disagreeable to the sense of hearing; making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; characterized by rough motion
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Tirade
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A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe
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Glean
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To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by bit
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Abandon
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To give up completely; to desert; careless disregard for consequences; leave behind, relinquish; leave in troubled state; careless, often reckless disregard for consequences
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Rancour
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A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill : will
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Desecrate
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To violate the sacredness of; profane; spoil or mar the sanctity of; abuse, violate
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Quartet
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A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices; composition for four voices or four instruments or four parts; four performers or singers who perform together
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Rickety
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Not physically steady or firm; unsound, broken : down; shaky; likely to fall apart
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Triad
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A group of three; a chord of three tones, especially one built on a given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth; set of three similar things considered as a unit
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Preposterous
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Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; ridiculous, bizarre; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; senseless as to be laughable
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Puckish
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Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
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Delusion
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An erroneous perception of reality; misconception, misbelief
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Aplomb
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Self : confident assurance; poise; assurance of manner or of action; a firm belief in one's own powers; stable, calm state of the emotions
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Stupor
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A state of reduced or suspended sensibility; state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze; condition of dullness, often resulting from stress; unconsciousness
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Benedict
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A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor
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Arboretum
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A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition; botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study
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Grouch
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A habitually complaining or irritable person; a grumbling or sulky mood; complaint; a grudge
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Animadversion
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Strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark; harsh criticism or disapproval
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Uncouth
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Crude; unrefined; awkward or clumsy; ungraceful; archaic; foreign; unfamiliar; clumsy, uncultivated; lacking in delicacy or refinement
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Provenance
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Place of origin; derivation; the history of the ownership of an object,
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