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Aptyalism |
apty-a-lism |
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Absence of or deficiency in secretion of saliva |
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Beatitude |
bee-at-i-tood |
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Supreme blessedness; exalted happiness |
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Foray |
fawr-ey |
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A quick raid; usually for the purpose of taking plunder |
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Gallimaufry |
gal-uh-maw-free |
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A hodgepodge; jumble; medley |
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Esculent |
es-kyuh-luh nt |
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Suitable for use as food; something edible, especially a vegetable |
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Mirth |
murth |
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Gaiety or jollity; amusement or laughter |
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Deleterious |
del-i-teer-ee-uhs |
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Injurious to health; harmful |
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Operose |
op-uh-rohs |
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Done with or involving much labor; industrious |
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Altruist |
al-troo-ist |
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A person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others |
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Dulcet |
duhl-sit |
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Pleasant to the ear; melodious |
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Introuvable |
in-troov-a-bul |
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Impossible to find |
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Bushed |
boo-sht |
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Exhausted; tired out |
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Drupe |
droop |
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Any fruit, as a peach, plum, cherry, etc., consisting of an outer skin and pulpy middle |
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Gastronomy |
ga-stron-uh-mee |
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The art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food |
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Natant |
neyt-nt |
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Swimming |
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Llano |
lah-noh |
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An extensive grassy plain with few trees |
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Grandee |
gran-dee |
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A man of high social position or eminence; a nobleman |
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May |
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Sirenic |
sahy-ren-ik |
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Of or characteristic of a siren; melodious; tempting, or alluring |
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Perdure |
per-dyoor |
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To endure; to last |
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Avoirdupois |
av-er-duh-pois |
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Weight; heaviness |
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Dilatory |
dil-uh-tawr-ee |
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Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
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Salubrious |
sol-ip-siz-uh m |
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Favorable to or promoting health; healthful |
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Solipsism |
sol-ip-siz-uh m |
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Extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings and desires. |
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Antediluvian |
an-tee-di-loo-vee-uh n |
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Very old, old-fashioned or out of date |
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Multifarious |
muhl-tuh-fair-ee-uh s |
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Having many different parts, elements; greatly diverse |
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Comity |
kom-i-tee |
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A state of mutual harmony, friendship and respect |
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Polyglot |
pol-ee-glot |
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Able to speak or write in many languages |
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Prolix |
proh-liks |
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Extended to great, unnecessary length; long and wordy |
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Tyro |
tahy-roh |
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A beginner in learning anything. A novice. |
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Parsimonious |
pahr-suh-moh-nee-uh s |
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Sparing in expenditure; frugal to excess |
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Cloy |
kloi |
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To become distasteful through an excess usually of something originally pleasing |
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Moiety |
moy-uh-tee |
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A half, a small portion or share |
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Halcyon |
hal-see-uhn |
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Calm, quiet, peaceful, happy |
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Moiety |
moy-uh-tee |
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A half, a small portion or share |
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Halcyon |
hal-see-uhn |
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Calm, quiet, peaceful, happy |
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Aliment |
al-uh-muh nt |
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Something fit to be eaten |
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Maelstrom |
meyl-struh m |
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A large, powerful or destructive whirlpool |
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Lionize |
lahy-uh-nahyz |
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To treat or regard as an object of great interest or importance |
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April |
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Chimera |
ki-meer-uh |
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An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination |
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Abulia |
uh-byoo-lee-uh |
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Loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions |
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Otiose |
oh-shee-ohs |
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Of no use; lazy, idle |
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Camarilla |
kam-uh-ril-uh |
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A group of secret and often scheming advisers |
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Alpenglow |
al-puh n-gloh |
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A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains |
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Redivivus |
red-uh-vee-vuh s |
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Living again, brought back to life; revived; restored |
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Littoral |
lit-er-uh l |
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Of or relating to a coastal or shore region, especially a seashore |
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Inveigle |
in-vey-guh l |
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To persuade by flattery; to entice |
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Excrescence |
ik-skres-uh ns |
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Something (especially abnormal) growing out of something else |
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Panoply |
pan-uh-plee |
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A Splendid or impressive array |
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Pestiferous |
pe-stif-er-uh s |
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Bearing or bringing disease; bothersome; annoying |
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Puckish |
puhk-ish |
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Whimsical; mischievous; impish |
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Urbane |
ur-beyn |
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Polished and smooth in manner; polite, refined and elegant |
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Circumlocution |
sur-kuh m-loh-kyoo-shuh n |
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The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few |
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Caligynephobia |
kal-e-guy-na-fo-bee-a |
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Fear of beautiful women |
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Recondite |
rek-uhn-dahyt |
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Difficult to understand |
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Myriad |
mir-ee-uh d |
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Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number |
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Milieu |
mil-yoo |
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Environment; setting |
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Nimiety |
ni-mahy-i-tee |
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The state of being too much; excess |
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Copse |
kops |
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A thicket or grove of small trees |
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Indolent |
in-dl-uh nt |
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Habitually idle; Lazy; Inactive |
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Inamorata |
in-am-uh-rah-tuh |
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A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress |
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March |
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Wunderkind |
voo n-der-kind |
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One who receives great success or acclaim at an early age; a child prodigy |
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Ennui |
ahn-wee |
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A feeling of dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest; boredom |
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Nostrum |
nos-truh m |
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A medicine of unproven effectiveness; a questionable remedy |
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Transmute |
trans-myoot |
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To change from one nature, form or substance into another; to transform |
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Tenebrous |
ten-uh-bruh s |
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Dark; Gloomy |
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Appellation |
ap-uh-ley-shuh n |
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The word by which a particular person or thing is called; name; title |
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Bedizen |
bih-dizen |
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To dress or adorm in gaudy manner |
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Busker |
bus-kur |
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A person who entertains (as in playing music) in public places |
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Glabrous |
gley-bruhs |
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Having a surface devoid of hair; smooth |
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Bogie |
boe-gee |
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An evil or mischievous spirit |
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Lubricious |
loo-brish-us |
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Lustful; lewd |
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Ameliorate |
uh-meel-yuh-reyt |
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To make better; to improve |
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Comestible |
kuh-mes-tuh-buhls |
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Suitable to be eaten; articles of food |
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Numismatics |
noo-MIS-mat-iks |
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The collection and study of coins |
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Garrulous |
gair-uh-luhs |
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Talking much, especially about trivial things. |
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Perquisite |
pur-kwuh-zit |
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A profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages |
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Sagacious |
suh-gey-shuhs |
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Having or showing a keep practical sense |
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Besmirch |
bi-smirch |
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To soil; tarnish; discolor |
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Catawampus |
cat-uh-wom-puhs |
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Askew, awry or positioned diagonally |
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Bespoke |
bih-spoke |
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Made to individual order; custom-made |
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Catawampus |
cat-uh-wom-puhs |
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Askew, awry or positioned diagonally |
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Perambulator |
per-am-byuh-ley-ter |
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The British term for a baby carriage |
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Rapscallion |
rap-skal-yuh n |
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A rascal; rogue; scamp |
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Scofflaw |
scoff-law |
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One who habitually violates the law or fails to answer court summonses |
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Flibbertigibbet |
flib-er-tee-jib-it |
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A chattering or flighty, light-headed person |
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Accolade |
ak-uh-leyd |
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Any award, honor or laudatory notice |
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Hobbledehoy |
hob-uh-l-dee-hoi |
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An awkward, ungainly youth |
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Zaftig |
zahf-tik |
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Having a pleasantly plump figure (of a woman); full-bodied; well-proportioned |
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Nipperkin |
nip-per-kin |
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A small cup |
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Tittle |
tit-l |
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A small mark in writing or printing such as the dot above the letter "i" |
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Alluvium |
uh-loo-vee-uh m |
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A deposit of sand or mud formed by flowing water |
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Lachrymose |
lak-ruh-mohs |
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Given to shedding tears readily; tearful |
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Lambaste |
lam-beyst |
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To scold sharply; berate |
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Dingus |
ding-uh s |
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A gadget, device or object whose name is unknown or forgotten |
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Nectareous |
nek-tair-ee-uh s |
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Divinely fragrant; delicious |
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Whoop-de-do |
hwoop-dee-doo |
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Lively and noisy festivities; merrymaking |
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Schmaltzy |
shmahlt-see |
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Marked by excessive sentimentality |
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Coulrophobia |
kohl-row-fo-bee a |
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An extreme fear of clowns |
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Chicanery |
shi-key-nuh-ree |
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The use of trickery to deceive |
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Caterwaul |
kat-er-wawl |
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To make a harsh cry |
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January |
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Effusive |
i-fyoo-siv |
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Excessively demonstrative; gushing |
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Raillery |
rey-luh-ree |
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Good-humored banter or teasing |
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Lacuna |
luh-kyoo-nuh |
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A blank space; a missing part; a gap |
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Disheveled |
di-shev-uh ld |
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Hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt |
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Hirsute |
hur-soot |
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Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy |
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Capacious |
kuh-pey-shuh s |
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Able to contain much; roomy; spacious |
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Rictus |
rik-tuh s |
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A gaping grin or grimace |
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Celerity |
suh-ler-i-tee |
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Rapidity of motion or action; quickness; swiftness |
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Incongruous |
in-kong-groo-uh s |
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Lacking in harmony, compatibility, or appropriateness |
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Kvetch |
kvech |
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To complain habitually; a habitual complainer |
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Somniferous |
som-nif-er-uh s |
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Causing or inducing sleep |
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Myrmidon |
mur-mi-don |
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A loyal follower, especially one who executes orders without question, or protest |
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Clamber |
klam-ber |
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To climb with difficulty, or on all fours |
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Sere |
seer |
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Dry; withered |
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Maladroit |
mal-uh-droit |
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Clumsy; awkward; unskillful; inept. |
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Bouleversement |
bool-vers-mahn |
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Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down. |
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Faineant |
fey-nee-uh nt |
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Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy. |
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Arcanum |
ahr-key-nuh m |
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Make sure the message of love and respect gets through |
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December |
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Cynosure |
sahy-nuh-shoor |
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Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction. |
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Munificent |
myoo-nif-uh-suh nt |
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Noble and generous in spirit. Very liberal in giving or bestowing. Generous and lavish |
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Concatenation |
kon-kat-n-ey-shuh n |
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A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. |
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Jocund |
jok-uh nd |
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Full of or expressing high-spirited merriment; light-hearted; mirthfu |
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Turbid |
tur-bid |
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Muddy; thick; not clear; dense; dark |
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Atonement |
uh-tohn-muh nt |
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Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends |
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Slugabed |
sluhg-uh-bed |
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One who stays in bed until a late hour |
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Bonhomie |
bon-uh-mee |
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Good nature; pleasant and easy manner. |
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Defenestrate |
de-fen i-strat |
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To throw out of a window. |
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Rhapsodic |
rap-sod-ik |
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Extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic |
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Stasis |
stey-sis |
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A state of balance, equilibrium, or stagnation. |
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Equanimity |
ee-kwah-nim-i-tee |
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Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity." |
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Interstice |
in-tur-stis |
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A space between things or parts, especially a space between things closely set. |
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Bricolage |
bree-kuh-lahzh |
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Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available. |
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Palindromes |
pal in-drom |
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Words spelled the same from left to right or from right to left, such as: racecar, kayak, level. |
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