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battology

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wearisome repitition of words in speaking or writing

from Greek word “Bottologia” meaning speaking stammeringly & from “battos” meaning stammer and “-logia” meaning one who speaks in a certain manner

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isolato

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a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society

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mordacious

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sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc

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topos

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a convention or motif; especially in a literary work

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blather

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to talk or utter follishly; blither; babble

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skeuomorph

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a design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another matieral or by other techniques

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genethliac

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of or pertaining to birthdays or the position of stars at one’s birth

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theurgy

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the working of a divine or supernatural agency in human affairs

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pasquinade

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a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public space

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darg

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a day’s work

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consortium

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any association, partnership, or union

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motza

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a large amount of money, especially a sum won in gambling

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allochthonous

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not formed in the region where find

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circadian

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nothing pertaining to rythmic biological cycles recurring at approximately 24 hour intervals

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quacksalver

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a charlatan

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melliferous

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yielding or producing honey

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feminacy

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feminine nature

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snafu

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a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

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aeolian

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of or caused by the wind; wind-blown

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whangdoodle

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a fanciful creature of undefined nature

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dais

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a raised platform

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lohomachy

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a dispute about or concerning words

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spang

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directly; exactly

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quibble

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to equivocate

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droll

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aamusing in an off way; whimsically humorous; waggish

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ratiocination

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the process of logical reasoning

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saccharine

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exaggeratedely sweet or sentimental

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polliwog

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a tadpole

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ha-ha

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sunk fence

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splenetic

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irritable; peevish; spiteful

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aperature

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an opening, as a hole, slit crack, gap etc

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ingratitate

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to establish (oneself) in the fafvor of good graces of others

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codivil

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any supplement; appendix

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idiolect

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a person's indiviual speech pattern

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demimonde

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a group characterized by lack of success or status

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plethoric

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overfull; turgid; inflated

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machinate

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to contrive or plor, especially artful ot with evil purpose

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ingress

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the act of going in or entering

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lilt

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rhythmic swing or cadence

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percipient

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having perception; discerning; discriminating

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imprest

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an advance of money; loan

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chuffed

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annoyed; displeased; disgruntled

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quell

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to supress; put an end to; extinguish

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verisimilitude

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the appearance or semblance of truth; liklihood; probablity

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bandbox

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an area or structure that is smaller in dimesnsions or size than the standard

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decamp

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to depart quickly, secretly, or uncerimoniously

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cornice

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a mass of snow, ice, etc projecting over a mountain ridge

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coigne

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carefully or elegtantly done, operated, and designed

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quoin

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one of the stones forming an external wall; cornerstone

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craawfish

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to back out or retrat from a position or undertaking

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gander

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a look

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porpoise

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to move forward with a rising and falling motion

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flounder

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to struggle clumsily or helplessly

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gopher

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to mine unststematically

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aleatory

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pertaining to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredicatable

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stark

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extremely simple or severe

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hellion

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a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person

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cull

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to choose; select; pick