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Chichi |
shee-shee |
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Affectedly trendy. |
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Rubicund |
roo-bi-kuhnd |
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Inclining to rednes |
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Oneiric |
oh-nahy-rik |
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Of, pertaining to, or suggestive of dreams; dreamy. |
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Puissant |
pyoo-uh-suh nt |
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Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissa |
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Perambulate |
per-am-byuh-leyt |
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To walk about; to roam; to stroll; |
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Apocryphal |
uh-pok-ruh-fuh l |
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Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority or authenticity; equivocal; fictitious; spurious; false. |
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Prevaricate |
pri-var-i-keyt |
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To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation |
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Venial |
vee-nee-uh l |
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Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable. |
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Rebarbative |
ree-bahr-buh-tiv |
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Serving or tending to irritate or repel. |
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Cozen |
kuhz-uh n |
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To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by petty tricks. To obtain by deceit |
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Fractious |
frak-shuh s |
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Tending to cause trouble; unruly. Irritable; snappish; cranky. |
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Nepotism |
nep-uh-tiz-uh m |
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Favoritism shown to members of one's family, as in business |
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Ratiocination |
rash-ee-os-uh-ney-shuh n |
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The process of reasoning. |
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Gourmand |
goor-mahnd |
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One who eats to excess. A lover of good food. |
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Disconsolate |
dis-kon-suh-lit |
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To utter, or express with; a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle. |
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Flagitious |
fluh-jish-uhs |
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Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; |
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Seriatim |
seer-ee-ey-tim |
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In a series; one after another. |
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