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imbroglio
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a misunderstanding; disagreement of complicated bitter nature; a complicated or difficult situation; a confused mess
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immolate
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to sacrifice; to destroy by fire
immolator |
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immure
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to enclose within walls; to shut in; seclude or confine; to imprison;
immurement, immuration |
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in situ
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situated in the original, natural or existing place or position;
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inchoate
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not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary; unorganized; lacking order
inchoately, inchoateness |
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incunabulum
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extant copies of books produced in the earliest stages; the earliest stages or first traces of anything
incunabula, incunabular |
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interdict
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any prohibitory act; a punishment by which the faithful are prohibited from certain sacred acts; to forbid; to prohibit; to destroy or damage by firepower
interdictor |
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jape
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to jest; joke; gibe; to mock or make fun of;
japer, japingly, japery |
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jejune
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lacking nutritive galue; devoid of significance or interest; dull; juvenile; insipid
jejunely, jejuneness jejunity |
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juggernaut
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a large heavy truck; a massive force, movement or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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labile
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readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown; unstable; readily open to change
lability |
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lachrymose
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given to tears or weeping; mournful
lachrymosely, lachrymosity |
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lacuna
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a blank space or a missing park; deficiency; a small cavity or discontinuity in an anatomical structure
lacunar, lacunae, lacunas |
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lassitude
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a condition of weariness or debility; fatigue; condition of listlessness; languor
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand; trickery; deception; display of skill or adroitness
legerdemainist |
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libation
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an act of pouring aliquid as a sacrifice; an act or drinking often ceremoniously; beverage with alcohol
libationary; libational |
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libidinous
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having or marked by lustful desires;
libidinal; libidinously; libidinousness |
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lithe
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easily bent or flexed; characterized by easy flexibility and grace
lithely; litheness |
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lucre
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monetary gain; profit; money
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manumit
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to release from slavery; free
manumitter |
