Words Flashcards
(186 cards)
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Erse
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The Scottish or Irish Gaelic language.
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Acropolis
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An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel,
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Arquebus
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An early type of portable gun supported on a tripod or a forked rest.
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Buraq
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The Buraq is a heavenly equine in Islamic tradition. The legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
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White Elephant
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A worthless possession.
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Avernus
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The entrance to the underworld.
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Mour
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Love (French)
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On the left side (Latin)
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Sinister
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On the right side (Latin)
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Dexter
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Pin Money
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A small amout of money to spend on inessentials.
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Natty
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Well designed and clever.
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Potage
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A thick soup.
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Nostrum
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A medicine prepared by an unqualified person.
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Toper
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Drunkard
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Rani
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Hindu Queen
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Atria
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Central halls of a building
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Obsidian
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Glass-like volcanic rock.
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Unguent
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Lubricant.
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Sal Volatile
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Smelling salts.
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Byres
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Cattle housing
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Pikelet
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Crumpet or teacake
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MP
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Military police / Red Cap
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Officer
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SM
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Skua
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Gull-like sea bird
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Benin
West African country
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Beau Monde
Fashionable society
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Wryneck
A distinctive group of woodpeckers
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German forces
SS
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Amoroso
A loving or tender manner
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Staggers
A disease in animals.
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Protuberance
Something that protrudes from another protruding.
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Teg
A sheep in its second year.
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Brush
The tail of a fox.
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Rood
Crucifix
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Mortadella
Sausage
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Mit (German)
With - in German.
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Chary
Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something.
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Obviate
Remove the need for
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Nova Scotia
Province of Canada
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Seine
A vertical fishing net.
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Staffa
Hebridean Island.
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coup de grâce
A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
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Ell
A former measurement of length.
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Hoedown
A lively folk dance.
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Eggbeater
A Canadian or American helicopter.
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Stevedore
A docker.
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Analogous
Comparable in certain aspects.
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Jolly
RM Royal Marine.
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Rotgut
A cheap and potentially harmful alcoholic drink.
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Sacra
The triangular bone at the base of the spine.
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Jet
Mig
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Fulan Gong
Chinese spiritual religious system.
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Hera
Greek goddess
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Vega
The brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra
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Stalag
A German prison camp
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Improvident
Thoughtless
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Prate
Talk foolishly
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Couplet
2 lines of verse
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Babylon
Modern-day Iraq
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Means
Averages
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Rand
South African currency
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Necropolis
A burial site with elaborate tombs and monuments.
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Mashie
Old iron golf club for lofting medium distances.
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Mordant
Showing a sharp or biting quality.
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Hellcat
A witch
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Liege
Loyal subject
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Tutti
Performed with all voices or instruments together.
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Expectorate
Cough up or spit Phlem.
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Medes
Old Asians, Persians, Iranians.
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Ulan Bator
Capital of Mongolia.
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RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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Axis
World War 2 alliances of Rome, Berlin, Tokyo
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Snake Oil
Deceptive marketing
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AM
antemeridian (In the morning)
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PM
postmeridian (after midday)
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Amman
Capital of Jordan.
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Wicked wife
Lot or Ada - from the book of Genesis.
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Puritan
Prude or English Protestant.
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Melancholy
Doldrums
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Oscan
Old European
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Harbinger
The sign of some future event from a person or thing.
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Heretical
Based on religious hearsay.
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Tiber, Arno
Italian rivers.
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Bonne
French housemaid
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Soloman
Son of David and King of Israel - proverbial for wisdom.
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Quarters
NE SE NW SW
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EN
Opposing Bridge player
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Burlesque
Satire / Parady
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Obtrude
Become noticeable in an intrusive manner.
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Carouse
Noisy wild festivites.
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Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control.
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Rhea
Bird similar to the Ostrich or Emu native to South Africa.
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Agesis
Protection, support and backing.
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Ink
Released by Octopi.
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Erratum
A mistake in writing.
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Nefarious
Wicked or criminal activity.
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Embus
Board or put on a bus.
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Asunder
To part or split.
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Decemberist
Russian revolutionary.
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Rainment
Fancy clothing
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Cupidity
Greed for money or possessions.
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Bairn
Scottish child.
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Erne
Sea eagle.
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Entremet
Fancy food served between courses.
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Malady
Compliant or illness.
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Aga
A military commander or official from a Muslim country.
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Ottoman Empire
Turkish Empire
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Helmsman
A person who steers a ship or boat
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Marcato
A musical instruction indicating a note, chord, or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.
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John Wesley
Cleric / Preacher
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West
Mae West
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Gouache
Watercolour painting technique.
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Ae
Scottish one.
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Gin
Snare / Trap
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Riga
Capital of Latvia
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Chartreuse
Green and yellow liquor made by Carthusian monks
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Priam
The last king of Troy
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Marcato
Change musical direction and get louder
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Hg
Mercury
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Touraco
African crested bird
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Basilisk
A serpent-like creature capable of destroying other creatures by way of its deadly stare.
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Ester
Chemical compound
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Lea
A grassy area or field.
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Tort
A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability.
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Bantu
African
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Handcar
A North American railway vehicle.
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Piton
A peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.
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Etude
A short musical composition, typically for one instrument, designed as an exercise to improve the technique or demonstrate the skill of the player
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Ebullience
The quality of being cheerful and full of energy: exuberance.
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Cornucopia
Symbol of plenty. A goat horn overflowing with flowers, fruit and corn. An abundant supply.
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Heretofore
Before now.
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Perfunctory
Carried out with no genuine interest, feeling or effort.
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Usurped
Taking a position of power by force.
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Credence
Belief or acceptance of something.
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Magna Cum Laude
With great distinction.
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Indomitable
Impossible to defeat or subdue.
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Intersperse
Scatter among or between other things.
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Ominous
Giving a worrying impression that something bad is going to happen.
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Team
Eleven
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Eclat
Brilliant display or effect
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Verderer
Forestry official
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Hal
Henry, Harold, Harry and a computer.
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Astute
Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.
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Laird
(in Scotland) a person who owns a large estate.
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Panatella
A long thin cigar
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Campanologists
Bell ringers
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Stollen
German Bread
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Pair Royal
Three of a kind in Cribbage
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Walter Mitty
A person who fantasizes about a life much more exciting and glamorous than their own.
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Polka
A lively dance of Bohemian origin.
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Genuflect
Slowly lower and kneel
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Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland
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Labour
Left
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Bohemian
Unconventional in an artistic way
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Ovine
Relating to or resembling a sheep
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Lento
Played slowly
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Japery
Acting like a clown or buffoon
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Haft
The handle of a knife, spear or axe
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Dhow
A long narrow ship with two sails
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Shah
Iranian or Persian Monarch
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Imperious
Arrogant and Domineering
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Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
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Acumen
The ability to make good judgements.
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Sagacious
Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement
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Senescence
The condition or process of deterioration with age.
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent.
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Indefatigable
Persisting tirelessly.
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Commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree. In proportion.
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Magnate
Influential businessperson.
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Ardent
Enthusiastic or passionate.
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Hovel
A small squalid dwelling.
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Jaunty / Pert
Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner
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Accra
Capital of Ghana
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Nada
Nothing
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Ere
Before
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Peridot
Peridot is a gemstone that is sometimes called chrysolite.
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Reception Centre
A location with facilities for receiving, processing and attending to the immediate needs of refugees or asylum seekers as they arrive in a country of asylum
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Canon
A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged
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Crotchety
Tired and irritable.
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Male whale
Bull
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Sturgeon
Fish supplier of Caviar.
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Atelier
A workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or designer
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Apparition
A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
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Wraith
A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
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Dodderer
Someone who moves around slowly and weakly, as if they might fall, especially because of being very old.
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Discernment
The ability to judge well.
