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abecedarian

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abecedarian: arranged alphabetically; rudimentary, elementary; a person who is just learning; a novice

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abeyance

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abeyance: temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension

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abnegation

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abnegation: self-denial, renunciation

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absquatulate

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absquatulate: to flee; abscond

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acidulous

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acidulous: sharp-tasting or sour; a bitter or cutting tone

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ad litem

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ad litem: a person appointed by the court to represent someone who is considered incapable of representing themselves

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adscititious

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adscititious: derived or acquired from something extrinsic

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airling

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airling: a carefree, thoughless person

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alligator pear

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alligator pear: avacado

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alt*horn

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alt*horn: a musical instrument of the saxhorn family

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anneal

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anneal: to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) to make it less brittle

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anecdotage

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anecdotage: old age, especially in someone inclined to be garrulous.

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cache-sexe

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cache-sexe: a small garment to cover the gentials

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decoct

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decoct: to extract the flavor of by boiling; boil down, concentrate

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hesperidium

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hesperidium: (botony) the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange

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tourbillion

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tourbillion: a whirlwind or whirlpool

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archivolt

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archivolt: a band of moulding, resembling an architrave, around the lower curve of an arch

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axiomatic

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axiomatic: taken for granted, self-evident; based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms

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hypnagogic

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hypnagogic: of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep.

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protean

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protean: changeable, taking on different shapes.

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exculpate

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exculpate: to clear from alleged fault or guilt

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faience

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faience: glazed earthenware, especially decorated tin-glazed pottery.

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fustigate

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fustigate: to beat with or as if with a short heavy club, cudgel; to criticize severely.

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gazunder

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gazunder: to reduce the amount of an offer after it has been accepted by the seller.

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Griselda
Griselda: a meek and patient woman.
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inimical
inimical: having the disposition or temper or an enemy, unfriendly, unfavorable; opposed in tendency, influence, or effects.
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magniloquent
magniloquent: boastful, bombastic, speaking in a grandiose style.
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ochlophobia
ochlophobia: a fear or dislike of crowds.
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cockalorum
cockalorum: a boastful and self-important person.
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opprobrium
opprobrium: something that brings disgrace; public disgrace or ill fame following from conduct considered grossly wrong.
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manicule
manicule: a symbol in the shape of a pointing hand, used to draw attention to a section of text.
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palouser
palouser: strong, dangerous winds; an improvised lantern; a country bumpkin.
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appurtenance
appurtenance: an accessory or equipment associated with an activity or style of living
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quiescent
quiescent: being in a state of repose, at rest, still; inactive
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vulgarian
vulgarian: a lewd and crude person who makes a conspicuous display of wealth
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Zoilus
Zoilus: a harsh critic.
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mummery
mummery: an absurd, pretentious, or hypocritical performance
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nabob
nabob: any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
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deleterious
deleterious: harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
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obdurate
obdurate: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing, hardened in feelings; resistent to persuasion or softening influences.
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compunction
compunction: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt; distress of mind over an anticipated action or result; scruple.
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tendentious
tendentious: marked by tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased.
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pantophobia
pantophobia: a fear of everything.
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quaggy
quaggy: marshy; flabby; spongy.
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incogitant
incogitant: thoughtless; inconsiderate. Not having the faculty of thought.
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callipygian
callipygian: having shapely buttocks.
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farouche
farouche: unruly or disorderly, wild; marked by shyness and lack of social graces.
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raffish
raffish: vulgar or tawdry; unconventional, carefree, rakish.
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multifarious
multifarious: having or occurring in great variety; diverse.
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aphorism
aphorism: a concise statement of a principle; a terse formulation of truth or sentiment.
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gazump
gazump: to raise the price after accepting an offer from a buyer.
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phylargyry
phylargyry: the love of money, greed.
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clishmaclaver
clishmaclaver: gossip; idle or foolish talk.
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eiron
eiron: a person characterized by self-deprecation and awareness of irony.
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politesse
politesse: formal politeness; decorousness.
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winsome
winsome: generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence; cheerful, lighthearted.
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sententious
sententious: a style of speaking that is terse, pithy, axiomatic. Such a style can be pompously formal and moralizing.
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poltroon
poltroon: contemptible idler or coward.
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sedulous
sedulous: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance; diligent in application or pursuit.
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tyro
tyro: a beginner in learning.
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valetudinarian
valetudinarian: a weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health; sickly, weak, infirm.
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teleological
teleological: exhibiting or relating to design or purpose especially in nature.
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crepitation
crepitation: a crackling or rattling sound.
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debouch
debouch: to cause to emerge, discharge; to march out into open ground, emerge, issue.
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maunder
maunder: grumble (British); to wander slowly and idly; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly.
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pangram
pangram: a sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.
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mawkish
mawkish: lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste; exaggeratedly or childishly emotional.
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tweedle
tweedle: to lure by or as by music; to produce high-pitched, modulated sounds.
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merrythought
merrythought: (British) the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
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phillumenist
phillumenist: a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
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mondian
mondian: worldly, fashionable
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probity
probity: tested virtue or integrity.
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wafflestompers
wafflestompers: ankle boots with ridged soles, used especially for hiking.
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skep
skep: a straw or wicker beehive
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hyperborean
hyperborean: an inhabitant of the extreme north; relating to the extreme north, very cold.
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rumption
rumption: an uproar or commotion.
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scrip
scrip: a small bag or wallet; paper currency or a token issued for temporary use in an emergency.
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cordillera
cordillera: a chain of mountains or mountain ranges
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desuetude
desuetude: state of disuse.
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perlage
perlage: the assemblage of bubbles, in a glass of champagne, for example.
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bafflegab
bafflegab: confusing or generally unintelligible jargon, gobbledegook
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bunkum
bunkum: insincere or foolish talk; nonsense
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arrogate
arrogate: to claim or seize without justification; to make undue claims to having; to claim on the behalf of another.
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viva voce
viva voce: by word of mouth, orally.
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sybarite
sybarite: lover of luxury, epicure, from the luxury-loving Greeks who lived in Sybaris, in Southern Italy.
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misocainea
misocainea: a hatred of new ideas.
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Tattersall
Tattersall: a pattern of squares formed by colored crossbars on a solid color, usually light background.
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idiopathic
idiopathic: arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause, primary; peculiar to the individual.
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philologist
philologist: student of words and the structure of languages.
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Sukey
Sukey: a tea-kettle.
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cresset
cresset: a metal container of grease, oil, or wood burned as a torch and typically mounted on a pole.
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equivocal
equivocal: subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse; uncertain as an indication or sign
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faff
faff: to waste time without accomplishing much; a fuss; an activity perceived as a waste of time.
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gainsay
gainsay: to declare to be untrue or invalid; contradict, oppose.
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hachure
hachure: to denote surfaces in relief (as on a map) by shading with short lines drawn in the direction of slope.
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interdigitate
interdigitate: to become interlocked like the fingers of folded hands.
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lardy-dardy
lardy-dardy: pretentious; affected; dandyish.
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majuscule
majuscule: large, as either capital or uncial letters.
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xanthic
xanthic: yellow or yellowish.
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clutchfist
clutchfist: a miser

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