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roborant
ROB-uh-ruhnt |
1. Strengthening; restoring vigor.
noun: 1. A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative. |
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autochthonous
aw-TOK-thuh-nuhs |
1. Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
2. Formed or originating in the place where found. |
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moribund
MOR-uh-bund |
1. In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.
2. Becoming obsolete or inactive. |
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pellucid
puh-LOO-sid |
1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.
2. Easily understandable. |
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homily
HAH-muh-lee |
1. A sermon; a discourse on a religious theme.
2. A moralizing lecture or discourse. 3. An inspirational saying; also, a platitude. |
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cohort
KOH-hort |
1. A group or band of people.
2. A companion; an associate. 3. A group of people sharing a common statistical factor (as age or membership in a class) in a demographic study. 4. (Roman Antiquity) A body of about 300 to 600 soldiers; the tenth part of a legion. 5. Any group or body of warriors. |
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gadabout
GAD-uh-bout |
Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
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overweening
oh-vur-WEE-ning |
1. Overbearing; arrogant; presumptuous.
2. Excessive; immoderate; exaggerated. |
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dissimulate
dih-SIM-yuh-layt |
transitive verb:
1. To conceal under a false appearance. intransitive verb: 1. To hide one's feelings or intentions; to put on a false appearance; to feign; to pretend. |
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inscrutable
in-SKROO-tuh-buhl |
adjective:
Difficult to fathom or understand; difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; impenetrable. |
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supine
soo-PYN; SOO-pyn |
adjective:
1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward. 2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic. |
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censure
SEN-shur |
noun:
1. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. 2. An official reprimand or expression of disapproval. transitive verb: 1. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to criticize severely. 2. To express official disapproval of. |
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yeasty
YEE-stee |
adjective:
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling yeast. 2. Not yet settled or formed; immature or incomplete. 3. Marked by agitation or change. 4. Frothy or trivial; frivolous. 5. Full of vitality; exuberant. |
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cudgel
KUH-juhl |
noun:
1. A short heavy stick used as a weapon; a club. transitive verb: 1. To beat with or as if with a cudgel. |
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eddy
ED-ee |
noun:
1. A current of air or water running in a direction contrary to the main current, or moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. 2. A tendency or current (as of opinion or history) contrary to or separate from a main current. intransitive verb: 1. To move in an eddy or as if in an eddy; to move in a circle. transitive verb: 1. To cause to move in an eddy or as if in an eddy. |
