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Bray |
The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule |
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Corridor |
A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms |
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Meek |
Quiet, gentle |
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Pertinent
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Relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions |
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Decorum
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Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.
You exhibit remarkable modesty and decorum Due decorum |
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Plunder
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The violent and dishonest acquisition of property.
The farmers suffered the inhumanity and indignities of pillage and plunder |
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Sarcophagus
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A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
It was decided that a stone sarcophagus - not previously used for kings - should be installed. |
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Exoplanet
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A planet that orbits a star outside the solar system.
Most of the 100 known exoplanets are comparable in mass to Jupiter |
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Ajar
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(of a door or other opening) slightly open.
She had left the window ajar that morning |
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Basket case
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A person or thing regarded as useless or unable to cope.
Ask me to read in front of people now, and I become a basket case . |
