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Slaver

slav-er
  To slobber; to drool
 
 

Missive

mis-iv
  A written message; a letter.
 
 

Commorancy

kom-er-uhn-see
  a dwelling in a place; usual or temporary residence in a place.
 
 

Risible

riz-uh-buhl
  Capable of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Exciting or provoking laughter; worthy of laughter; laughable; amusing.
 
 

Monocracy

mon-nok-ruh-see
  Government by a single person
 
 

Fiat

fee-aht
  An arbitrary or authoritative command or order.
 
 

Machination

mak-uh-ney-shuh n
  A crafty scheme; a cunning design or plot intended to accomplish some usually evil end.
 
 

Renascent

  Springing or rising again into being; showing renewed vigor.
 
 

Xenophobia

zen-uh-foh-bee-uh
  Fear or hatred of strangers, people from other countries, or of anything that is strange or foreign.
 
 

Horripilation

haw-rip-uh-ley-shuh n
  The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps.
 
 

Eructation

i-ruhk-tey-shuhn
  The act of belching; a belch.
 
 

Dotage

doh-tij
  Feebleness of mind due to old age; senility.
 
 

Phlebotomist

fluh-bot-uh-mist
  A nurse or other health worker trained in drawing venous blood for testing or donation.
 
 

Soupcon

soop-sawn
  A very small amount: a trace
 
 

Pernicious

per-nish-uh s
  Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
 
 

Effulgence

i-fuhl-juh nt
  The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance
 
Kristen Simoes
& Guy Farris



 

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