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Lucid |
clear; easily understoodmentally rational; sanebright, luminous, translucent or transparent |
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Epistle |
A letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.(Christianity) One of the letters included as a book of the New Testament. |
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Shrewd |
showing clever resourcefulness in practical mattersartful, tricky or cunningstreetwiseknowledgeable(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp. |
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Disperse |
(transitive) To scatter in different directions (transitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate(transitive) To disseminate(physics) To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract(transitive) To distribute throughout |
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Fetter |
A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).(figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains. (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters(transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper. |
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Discursive |
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition. |
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Roundabout |
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. (chiefly) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island(chiefly) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.A fairground carousel.A detourA short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century. |
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Copulate |
To engage in sexual intercourse. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.(grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. |
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Collegiate |
Of, or relating to a college, or college students.Collegial. (obsolete) A member of a college, a collegian; someone who has received a college education.(obsolete) A fellow-collegian; a colleague. |
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Ignominy |
Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation. |
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Dainty |
(obsolete) Esteem, honour.A delicacy.(Canada) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square served at a social event (usually plural).(obsolete) An affectionate term of address (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.Elegant; delicately small and pretty.Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. |
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Chapel |
A place of worship, smaller than, or subordinate to a church.A place of worship in a civil institution such as an airport, prison etc.A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.A trade union branch in UK printing or journalism.A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. |
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Sepulchre |
A burial chamber. |
