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Middling adjective [mid-ling] |
1. mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian: The restaurant's entrées are no better than middling.
2. medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling. |
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Gainsay verb [geyn-sey, geyn-sey] |
1. to deny, dispute, or contradict.
2. to speak or act against; oppose. |
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Quidnunc Noun [Kwid-nuhngk] |
1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
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Eternize Verb [ih-tur-nahz] |
1. to make eternal; perpetuate.
2. to immortalize. |
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Yestreen adverb [ye-streen] |
1. during yesterday evening.
2. yesterday evening; last evening. |
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Apothegm Noun [ap-uh-them] |
1. a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism.
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Sudser Noun [suhd-zer] |
1. Informal. any movie, play, or the like that is designed to provoke a tearful response. I
2. nformal. a soap opera. |
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Brooding Adjective |
1. showing deep unhappiness of thought."he stared with brooding eyes"
2. appearing darkly menacing."a dark, brooding landscape" |
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Geminate Noun [siz-uh m, skiz] |
1. division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
2. the parties so formed. |
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Tatterdemalion
Adjective [tat-er-di-meyl-yuh n, -mal-] |
1. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.
2. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person. |
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Bucolic Adjective [byoo-kol-ik] |
1. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
2. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral. 3. a pastoral poem. |
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Rubberneck Verb [ruhb-er-nek] |
1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
2. to gawk at: The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident. 3. a sightseer; tourist. |
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Legerity Noun [Luh-jer-i-tee] |
1. physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
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Scroop Verb [Skroop] |
1. to emit a harsh, grating sound: The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.
2. a scrooping sound. 3. ability to make a rustling sound added to silk or rayon fabrics during finishing by treating them with certain acids. |
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Cynosure
Noun [Sahy-nuh-shoo r, sin-uh] |
1. something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.:
2. the cynosure of all eyes. something serving for guidance or direction. |
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Ponder Verb |
1. think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. |
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Syzygy Noun [Siz-i-jee] |
1. Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon. |
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Hidebound Adjective [Hahyd-bound] |
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher. 3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide. |
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Bilbliomania Noun |
1. excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books. |
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Frabjous Adjective [frab-juh s] |
1. Informal. wonderful, elegant, superb. |
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Credence Noun [Kreed-ns] |
1. belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim. 2. something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence. |
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Logy Adjective [Loh-gee] |
1. lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic. |
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Volitant Adjective [Vol-i-tnt] |
1. engaged in or having the power of flight.
2. active; moving. |
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Defenestrate Verb [Dee-fen-uh-streyt] |
1. to throw (a person or thing) out of a window. |
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Baffelgab Noun [Baf-uh l-gab] |
1. Slang. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook: an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person. |
