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Diablerie |
dee-ah-bluh-ree |
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Sorcery; also, mischievous conduct. |
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Quidnunc |
kwid-nuhngk |
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One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a busybody |
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Harridan |
hahr-i-dn |
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A vixenish woman; a hag. |
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Atelier |
at-l-yey |
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A workshop; a studio. |
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Execrable |
ek-si-kruh-buh l |
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Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior. |
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Alacrity |
uh-lak-ri-tee |
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A cheerful or eager readiness or willingness, often manifested by brisk, lively action or promptness in response. |
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Stertorous |
stur-tur-uh-s |
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Characterized by a heavy snoring or gasping sound; hoarsely breathing. |
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Excoriate |
ik-skawr-ee-eyt |
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To express strong disapproval of; to denounce. |
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Confrere |
kon-frair |
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A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague; a comrade; an intimate associate |
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Cachinnation |
kak-uh-ney-shun |
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Loud, hard, or compulsive laughter without apparent cause. |
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Badinage |
bad-n-ij |
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Light, playful talk; banter. |
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Fetid |
fet-id |
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Having an offensive smell; stinking. |
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Irrefragable |
i-ref-ruh-guh-buh l |
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Impossible to refute; undeniable; as, irrefragable evidence. |
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Booboisie |
boob-wah-zee |
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A class of people regarded as stupid or foolish. |
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Parlous |
pahr-luh-s |
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Attended with peril; fraught with danger; hazarous |
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Revenant |
rev-uh-nuh nt |
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One who returns after death (as a ghost) or after a long absence. |
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Bagatelle |
bag-uh-tel |
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A trifle; a thing of little or no importance. |
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Torpid |
tawr-pid |
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Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling. Dull; sluggish; apathetic. |
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Pusillanimous |
pyoo-suh-lan-un-muh s |
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Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid. |
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Paroxysm |
par-uh k-siz-uh m |
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Any sudden and violent emotion or action; an outburst; a fit. |
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Taciturn |
tas-i-turn |
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Habitually silent; not inclined to talk. |
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