Vocab 5-14

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Flick

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To strike or tap lightly; make a quick snapping stroke

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Oust

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To eject, force, drive or throw out

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Slur

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Discrediting, insulting or disparaging remark

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Buff

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Admirer, fan, enthusiast,

Also a type of leather

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Roan

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Animals coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray hairs

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Dash

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Small addition of flavoring and the like, giving a particular quality

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Die

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Tool or metal plate for stamping, shaping, or cutting out some object

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Par

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Accepted standard

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Harp

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To talk or write endlessly or tiresomely about a subject

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Drogue

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Small parachute to slow down a plane, satellite or the like

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Limn

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To portray in painting

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Lure

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To attract or entice

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Bent

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Tendency, personal inclination, natural skill

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Bracing

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Invigorating, enlivening, refreshing

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Carp

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To find fault unreasonably, raise petty, unnecessary questions

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Nonce word

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Word coined for one occasion

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Apt

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Suitable for the circumstances, guide to learn

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Pine

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To long for, waste away through grief or yearning

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Fawn

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To flatter and try to win favor by excessive or sickening respectful behavior

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Putsch

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Sudden political revolt, unexpected revolution

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Ichthyologist

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Authority on the physical structure, history and life cycles of fish

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Numismatist

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Collector of coins and metals

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Horticulturalist

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Someone practicing the art and science of growing things

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Philatelist

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One who collects postage stamps, stamped envelopes and the like

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Semanticist

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Expert in the development and changes in the meaning of words

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Apiarist

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Someone who keeps bees, or has knowledge about them

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Lepidopterist

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Butterflies and moth (keeper)

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Ecdysiast

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Stripteaser

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Jell

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To congeal, become jelly, also to take definite form

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Juncture

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A critical moment, significant convergence of events, turning point

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Jocular

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Joking, full of fun and good humor

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Journeyman

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Pertaining to an experienced, well- trained, reliable workman

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Jive

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Misleading or tiresome talk

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Junket

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Excursion at public expense that is often unnecessary and frivolous

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Jargon

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Mostly unintelligible language

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Junta

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Political clique ruling a country after seizing power by force

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Jaded

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Wearied, feeling tired and bored

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Jingoism

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Intense patriotism favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy

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Juxtapose

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To place side by side

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Jihad

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Moslem holy war, considered a religious duty, against unbelievers or enemies

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Jitney

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Small bus carrying passengers at low fares

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Jettison

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To discard, throw away

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Juggernaut

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Any terrible, irresistible, destructive force

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Jeremiad

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Long, mournful lamentation or complaint

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Joust

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Personal combat, originally with knights on horseback

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Quandary

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Perplexing difficulty, dilemma, predicament

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Succor

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To help or give relief in times of difficulty

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Sundry

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Various, miscellaneous, several

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Viable

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Workable, practical, capable of growing

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Indicative

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To signify, imply,

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Rigorous

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Severe, suggesting extreme hardship or preciseness

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Tedium

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Condition of being boring or monotonous

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Negate

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To cancel; nullify, make something ineffective

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Mundane

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Commonplace, routine or ordinary world, worldly rather than spiritual

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Dormant

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Inactive, quiet, latent

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Decorum

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Special conformity as to behavior, speech, dress

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Imperious

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Commanding, masterful

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Gambit

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Any opening action or tactic to secure an advantage

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Vivify

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To animate, or bring to life

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Atone

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To repent, make amends for wrongdoing

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Eloquent

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Expressive, fluently persuasive

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Pang

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Sudden sharp emotional or physical pain

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Paramount

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Foremost; of the greatest value

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Parch

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To make dry, usually with heat

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Presage

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To foreshadow, give warning

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Proviso

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Requirement, stipulation in a contract

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Panache

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Elegance, verve, spirited self- confidence or style

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Paltry

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Worthless, ridiculously or insultingly small

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Patent

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Obvious, plain

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Peremptory

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Imperious, dogmatic, leaving no option for contradiction

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Paradigm

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Model or example, pattern

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Proficient

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Skilled, competent

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Pejorative

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Disparaging, belittling

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Ponderous

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Dull and labored

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Purview

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Scope of vision, insight or understanding

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Preclude

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To prevent, eliminate any possibility of occurrence

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Plumb

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To probe, examine closely to discover or understand

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Paroxysm

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Uncontrollable outburst

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Pacific

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Tranquil, mild, conciliatory

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Crunch

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Economic squeeze, any critical condition

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Clout

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Influence, power or prestige

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Knowing

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Well informed, having knowledge of inside information

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Substantive

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Essential, actual, real

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Accost

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To confront aggressively

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Facetious

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Playfully humorous, flippant

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Fulsome

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Offensively overdone or insincere

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Transpire

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To happen, take place

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Charisma

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Magnetic, personal appeal that influences and inspires

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Adamant

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Unyielding, inflexible, determined

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Defray

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To provide money for expenses

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Dictate

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To require, have need of

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Flag

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To lose strength or weaken

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Interdiction

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Decree that forbids or prohibits

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant, not related to or pertinent

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Sequester

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To withdraw, set apart, seize

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Mediator

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Person who tries to bring out about an agreement in disputes

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Resolute

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Showing great determination, steady in purpose, unwavering

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Invective

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Violent verbal attack, especially bitterly abusive or sarcastic

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Prodigious

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Marvelous, amazing in quantity or degree

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Forage

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To search for food or provisions

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Acquiesce

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To agree to passively, comply with

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Tutelary

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Protecting, of or related to guardianship

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Piazza

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In Italy, an open public square usually surrounded by buildings

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Loggia

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An open sided gallery or arcade of a building, porch

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Cadenza

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Brilliant musical passage for a solo voice or instrument to show off a performers skill

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Anthropoid

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Resembling a human being in various ways

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Addendum

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Something added as a supplement at the end of a book

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Didactic

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Intended for teaching

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Cog

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Gear tooth on the rim of a wheel, also, a person who plays a small but necessary part in a system

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Creel

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Wicker basket for holding fish

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Coalesce

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To fuse or blend, forming a whole

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Elocution

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A person style or speaking, especially in public