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festoon

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(n) a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.

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fetid

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(a) smelly

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fiefdom

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(n) the estate or domain of a feudal lord.

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filial

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(a) of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter

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filigreed

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(n) anything very delicate or fanciful

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floe

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(n) a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea

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florid

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(a) excessively ornate OR reddish

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fob

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(v) a small pocket just below the waistline in trousers for a watch OR a medallion/ornament

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foible

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(n) a minor weakness of character

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foist

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(v) to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably

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folie a deux

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(n) the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.

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founder

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(v) to fill with water and sink OR to stumble, break down, or go lame

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foursquare

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(a) firm, steady OR frank, blunt

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friable

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(a) easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

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frontage

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(n) the front of a building or lot

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frontispiece

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(n) an illustrated page preceding the title page

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frottage

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(n) a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface

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garret

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(n) an attic, usually a small, wretched one

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garrote

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(n) a method of execution OR strangulation or throttling

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gastronome

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(n) a connoisseur of good food

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gelid

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(a) very cold, icy

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gentile

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(a) of or pertaining to any people not Jewish

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gentrification

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(n) the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.

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gentry

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(n) wellborn and well-bred people.

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geodesic

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(a) pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces

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germinal

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(a) being in the earliest stage of development

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gewgaw

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(n) something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.

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gird

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(v) to encircle or bind with a belt or band

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gloam

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(n) twilight

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gouache

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(n) a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.

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grade

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(n) a step or stage in a course or process.

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grubstake

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(n) money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise

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guile

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(n) insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity

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habitus

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(n) physical characteristics of a person

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hale

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(a) free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous

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hassock

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(n) cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling

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hauteur

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(n) haughty manner or spirit; arrogance

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hector

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(n) a blustering, domineering person; a bully.

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hedge

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(n) an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one

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heliotrope

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(n) any plant that turns toward the sun

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helpmeet

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(n) a helpful partner

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heuristic

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(a) serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation

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hoary

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(a) gray or white with age OR ancient or venerable OR tedious from familiarity; stale

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hovel

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(n) a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.

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hummock

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(n) an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.

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hunker

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(v) to squat on one's heels

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husband

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(v) To use sparingly or economically; conserve

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idiom

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(n) an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements OR a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people

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idiosyncracy

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(n) a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.

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idyll

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(n) a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.

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ignoble

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(a) of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base

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ignominy

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(n) disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.

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ilium

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(n) the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.

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imbricate

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(a) overlapping like shingles

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imbue

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(v) to saturate/impregnate, esp. with feelings/ideas

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immoderate

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(a) not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.

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impasse

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(n) a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

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impel

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(v) to drive forward, propel

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implacable

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(a) not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

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impudent

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(a) impertinent

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impugn

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(v) to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.

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inane

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(a) lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly OR empty; void

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incandescent

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(a) glowing or white with heat OR brilliant; masterly; extraordinarily lucid

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incarnadine

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(a) blood-red; crimson OR flesh-colored; pale pink

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incontrovertible

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(a) not open to question or dispute; indisputable

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incorrigible

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(a) bad beyond correction or reform OR firmly fixed; not easily changed

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incute

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(v) To strike or stamp in

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indolent

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(a) having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

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inexorable

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(a) unyielding; unalterable

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inflect

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(v) to bend

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iniquity

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(n) gross injustice or wickedness. OR a violation of right or duty

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inly

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(adv) intimately; deeply.

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insidious

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(a) intended to entrap or beguile OR stealthily treacherous or deceitful OR operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect

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insinuate (into)

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(v) to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods

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insolent

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(a) boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

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instar

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(n) an insect in any one of its periods between molts

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interlocutor

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(n) a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue OR interrogator

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intermittent

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(a) stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again

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intone

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(v) to utter

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inundate

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(v) to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge OR to overwhelm

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inutile

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(a) of no use or service

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invective

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(n) vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach

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irreverent

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(a) not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect