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cake eater

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cake eater: a rich person who is spoiled, self-indulgent, or greedy; a playboy

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interlard

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interlard: to vary by intermixture; intersperse, interlace

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nocent

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nocent: having a tendency to cause harm

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kludge

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kludge: an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose; to use ill-assorted parts to make something

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apanthropy

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apanthropy: a desire to be away from people, a love of solitude

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maculate

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maculate: marked with spots, blotched

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peccant

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peccant: having committed a fault or sin, offending

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cacography

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cacography: bad handwriting

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ostrobogulous

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ostrobogulous: slightly risque or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual

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philomuse

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philomuse: affection or devition to literature and the arts; any society devoted to literature and the arts

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solivagant

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solivagant: rambling alone; marked by solitary wandering

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egrote

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egrote: to feign sickness

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brunneous

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brunneous: of a dark brown color

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zenzic

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zenzic: the square of a number

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filipenulous

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filipendulous: suspended by or strung upon a thread

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nutant

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nutant: drooping, nodding

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theophoric

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theophoric: derived from or bearing the name of a god

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glabella

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glabella: the smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows

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froe

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froe: (also frow) a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain

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psychopomp

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psychopomp: (Greek Mythology) a guide of souls to the place of the dead; a spiritual guide of a living person’s soul

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nuciform

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nuciform: having a shape like a nut

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incipit

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incipit: first few words of a text or first few notes of a musical composition used in identification

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oread

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oread: (Greek and Roman mythology) a nymph believed to inhabit mountains

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diachrony

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diachrony: change extending through time

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jentacular
jentacular: pertaining to breakfast
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amusia
amusia: the inability to recognize, reproduce, or appreciate music
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culminant
culminant: being at, reaching, or forming the top or highest point
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ekphrasis
ekphrasis: a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art
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narrischkeit
narrischkeit: (Yiddish) foolishness, nonsense
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calaboose
calaboose: a prison
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testudinal
testudinal: of, relating to, or resembling a tortise or turtle or the shell of either of these animals
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fulgurant
fulgurant: flashing like lightning; brilliant
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macrosmatic
macrosmatic: (mak-rahz-MAT-ic) having a well-developed sense of smell
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umbrageous
umbrageous: inclined to take offense easily; cast in shadow, shaded; providing shade
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cheeseparing
cheeseparing: the act of saving by using extremely frugal measures; something of little value
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presenteeism
presenteeism: (prez-uhn-TEE-iz-uhm) the practice of being present at work when it’s unnecessary or counterproductive (coined as a counterpoint to absenteeism)
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oxytone
oxytone: (especially in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable
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rubricate
rubricate: to color or mark with red; to highlight or decorate; to provide with a rubric (a guide, rule, commentary, etc.)
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asportation
asportation: the detachment, movement, or carrying away of property, considered an essential component of the crime of larceny
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exolete
exolete: obsolete; stale; faded
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maladdress
maladdress: awkwardness, tactlessness
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lexiphanic
lexiphanic: using pretentious words and language
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monosemous
monosemous: having only one meaning
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aprosexia
aprosexia: inability to focus or concentrate
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grangousier
grangousier: a big eater; a gullible person, one who will swallow anything
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umbriferous
umbriferous: casting a shadow
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diablerie
diablerie: sorcery, witchcraft, black magic; a representation of devils or demons in art or literature; mischevous manner or conduct
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Delphic
Delphic: obscure or ambiguous
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obelus
obelus: the dagger symbol used as a reference mark in printed matter to indicate that the person is deceased
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aviso
aviso: a boat for dispatching information, intelligence
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efface
efface: to erase or make indistinct by or as if wearing away a surface, to cause to vanish; to make oneself modestly or shyly inconspicuous
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virid
virid: bright green, vividly green, verdant
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hyaline
hyaline: having a glassy, translucent appearance; something that is clear and translucent like glass
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white-shoe
white-shoe: of, associated with, or characteristic of the priviliged moneyed upper class
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nubbin
nubbin: something (such as an ear of corn) that is small for its kind, stunted, underdeveloped, or imperfect
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eminence grise
eminence grise: a confidential agent (especially) one excercising unsuspected or unofficial power; a respected authority
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skald
skald: an ancient Scandinavian poet
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aristology
aristology: the art of dining
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castaneous
castaneous: of a deep reddish-brown color
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démodé
démodé: out of fashion
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topophilia
topophilia: the love for or the emotional connection to a particular place
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ooftish
ooftish: (Yiddish) money or cash
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mischpocha
mischpocha: (Yiddish) an extended family or clan
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pejorist
pejorist: a person who believes the world is getting worse
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alastor
alastor: any of certain avenging deities or spirits especially in greek mythology
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punim
punim: (Yiddish) the face
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proprioception
proprioception: one’s body’s ability to sense movement, action, and location
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kairos
kairos: a propitious moment for decision or action
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secundan
secundan: occurring every other day
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militate
militate: to exert a strong influence, either for or against something
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anemoia
anemoia: nostalgia for a time or a place one had never known
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Comus
Comus: an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry
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dingthrift
dingthrift: one who is wasteful and reckless with money or resources
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Momus
Momus: an ancient Greek god of mockery and censure
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ontic
ontic: relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence
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nipcheese
nipcheese: penny-pincher or skinflint
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schemozzle
schemozzle: (Yiddish) a state of chaos or confusion; a quarrel or commotion
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contumacious
contumacious: obstinately resisting authority; insubordinate; disobedient
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evanescent
evanescent: tending to vanish like vapor; quickly fading or disappearing
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tranche
tranche: a portion of something, especially money
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appanage
appanage: a gift of land, an official position, or money given to the younger children of kings and princes to provide for their maintenance.
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dandiprat
dandiprat: an inconsequential person; a person of small stature; a child
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maecenatism
maecenatism: (my/mi-SEE-nuh-tiz-uhm) patronage
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gegg
gegg: to play a hoax or a practical joke; a trick or practical joke
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cryptogenic
cryptogenic: (of a disease) of obscure or uncertain origin
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occultation
occultation: the state of being hidden from view or lost to notice; the interruption of the light from a celestial body by the intervention of a celestial body, especially an eclipse
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perficient
perficient: accomplishing or achieving desired results; effective
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démesure
démesure: outrageousness
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hibernal
hibernal: of or relating to winter
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sluice
sluice: an artificial channel, stream, etc; a valve or gate to control the flow of liquid; a body of water controlled by a sluice gate
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chirk
chirk: to cheer (up); to make a shrill, chirping noise; showing a cheery and sprightly disposition
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rawky
rawky: foggy, damp, cold
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ocellated
ocellated: (OS-uh-lay-tid) having eyelike spots; eyelike
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favonian
favonian: relating to the west wind; mild, gentle, benign; after Favonius, the god of the west wind in Roman mythology
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anfractuous
anfractuous: full of windings and intricate turnings, tortuous
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alible
alible: affording nourishment, nourishing
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antelucan
antelucan: before dawn
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lunation
lunation: another term for lunar month
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cyesis
cyesis: pregnancy
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semelparous
semelparous: (se-MEL-puh-rus) reproducing or breeding only once in a lifetime

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