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risible

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ludicrous, ridiculous

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kvelling

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feel happy and proud.
“my mom was kvelling—bursting with pride”

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censorious

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severely critical of others.
“modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far”

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interlocutor

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someone who participates in a discussion or conversation, sometimes as a go-between.

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Super Tuesday

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Tue, Mar 5, 2024

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Replevin

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Paradoxical

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adjective that describes a paradox, something with two meanings that don’t make sense together

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paradoxical

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Adjective that describes a paradox, something with two meanings that don’t make sense together

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Adjective

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word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun

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Noun

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a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

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Pronoun

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Pronouns are words like “I,” “she,” and “they” that are used in a similar way to nouns

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postprandial

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during or relating to the period after dinner or lunch.
“we were jolted from our postprandial torpor”

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What was the Monroe Doctrine? Date?

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1823
Warns European nations America will no longer tolerate further colonization or Puppet Monarchs in America

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sinecure

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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

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Andiron

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a metal support, typically one of a pair, that holds wood burning in a fireplace.

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“False in one thing. False in everything” Latin

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“falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus,

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Argot

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Slang or language of a group

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caesura

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A caesura is a pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than by metrics. “To be - Or not to be, that is the question”
“SiezeYoura”

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perspicacity

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the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness.
“the perspicacity of her remarks”

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Jeremiad

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a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list o

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puerile

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Childishly silly and trivial

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Logophile

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Person who loves words

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Epoch.
. A period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics
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antithesis
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. "love is the antithesis of selfishness"
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deprecate
express disapproval of.
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Kerfluffle
A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.
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Jocose (JoeKose...)
Playful or humorous.
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Bosky
Wooded; covered by trees or bushes.
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dilatory
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.
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dilatory
tending or intended to cause delay
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Alliaceous ˌalēˈāSHəs
Relating to or denoting plants of a group that comprises the onions and other alliums.
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envoi
1. A short stanza concluding a ballade. 2. An author's concluding words.
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Paseo
. (U.S. English) A plaza or walkway for strolling.
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soupcon
A very small quantity of something.
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Trialogue
A dialogue between three people
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Carmudgeon
a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas.
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Discursive
moving from one topic to another without order,
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sciolist
A person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed.
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lemma
1. A heading indicating the subject or argument of a literary composition, an annotation, or a dictionary entry. 2. ​​A subsidiary or intermediate theorem in an argument or proof.
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de rigueur
Required by etiquette or current fashion.
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Bathos
(Especially in a literary work) An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
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acutance
The sharpness of a photographic or printed image.
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soupcon
A very small quantity of something.
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exonym
A name for a place or group of people that is only used outside that place or group...Many Indigenous people have rejected the exonyms given to them by colonizers.”
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firstling
(Usually "firstlings") The first agricultural produce or animal offspring of a season.
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noetic
Relating to mental activity or the intellect. "After years in a corporate job, I was excited to enter a noetic environment by going back to school
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viridescent
Greenish or becoming green. "She chose wallpaper in viridescent shades to reflect the meadow outside the windows."
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Truism
1. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting. 2. (Logic) A proposition that states nothing beyond what is implied by any of its terms.
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Philter
A drink supposed to arouse love and desire for a particular person in the drinker; a love potion.
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tendentious
to have a strong bias towards a particular point of view, especially one that people disagree with
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retroussé
(Of a person's nose) Turned up at the tip in an attractive way.
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barcarolle
A song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers.
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recherché
Rare, exotic, or obscure.
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Dissuasive
Dissuasive means something that deters or discourages someone from taking action:
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Sinecure
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
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Bathos
(Especially in a literary work) An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
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anthesis
The flowering period of a plant, from the opening of the flower bud.
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Excursus
1. A detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix. 2. A digression in a written text.
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Deterge
Cleanse thoroughly
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Rubiginous
Rust-colored.
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Coterie
. A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
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sophists
paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning. a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments

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