DOLOROUS

dolorous: causing, marked by, or expressing misery, sorrow, or grief; mournful

DOFF

doff:
- to take off or to remove as an article of clothing
- to tip or remove one's hat as in greeting
- to put aside; to discard; to rid oneself of

ONEIRIC

oneiric: pertaining to dreams; dreamy

IGNOBLE

ignoble:
- not noble; humble; of low origin; plebeian
- characterized by lowness; not noble in character

DECLAIM

declaim: to speak in an emotional and loud manner; to harangue; to orate

TORPID

torpid:
- numb; dormant; having lost the power of exertion, movement, or feeling
- lacking in energy; lacking in vigor; dull

BOBO

bobo: drunk (Example: She's totally bobo; get her out of here before she barfs.)

FEBRILE

febrile: pertaining to fever; feverish; caused by fever

FOMENT

foment: to rouse; to incite; to instigate

BEHOLDEN

beholden: being under obligation; indebted

GRAVID

gravid: pregnant; distended with eggs

BIBELOT

bibelot: a small household ornament or decorative object that has no practical utility; trinket

EDACIOUS

edacious: voracious; gluttonous

HALE

hale: free from disease, infirmity, defect, or weakening conditions; sound; healthy

FETID

fetid: having a very offensive smell; stinking

GLOAMING

gloaming: twilight; dusk

BESTOW

bestow:
- to present as a gift; to present as an honor
- to put to use; to apply

SOBRIQUET

sobriquet: nickname; epithet; a descriptive name

TAW

taw:
- a large marble used for shooting in playing marbles
- a line from which the players shoot at marbles
- a square-dance partner
- the 23d letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- to shoot a marble
- to tan skins by a dry process; to make skins into leather by treating with alum, or salt

Answer for Word Find Puzzle No. 2

1. a bit; a jot; a very small quantity; a very small degree {IOTA}
2. extremely loud {STENTORIAN}
3. unnecessary; useless; more than what is wanted {SUPERFLUOUS}
4. without preparation or premeditation; on the spur of the moment; in an extemporaneous manner {EXTEMPORE}
5. to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful especially on moral or practical grounds) {ESCHEW}
6. monetary gain; profit {LUCRE}
7. excessively scanty; inadequate; little; small; meager {EXIGUOUS}
8. threshold {LIMEN}
9. a person who is the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in literature, art, or science {LAUREATES}
10. constant and careful in attention or application; diligent {ASSIDUOUS}
11. an impulse to wander or travel {WANDERLUST}
12. An icon, sign, person, animal, or object, adopted by a group, believed to bring good luck {MASCOT}
13. involving multiple academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines; involving multiple branches of learning {INTERDISCIPLINARY}
14. obstacle; obstruction {STYMIE}
15. A system or set of names, terms, or procedures used in a branch of science, art, or technology {NOMENCLATURE}
16. a fight with lances between two knights on horseback {JOUST}
17. the loyalty that people owe to their country; the loyalty that people owe to their sovereign {FEALTY}
18. full of gaiety; full of high-spirited fun; playful; sportive; rollicking {FROLICSOME}
19. a defensive encampment protected by a circle of armored vehicles or wagons {LAAGER}
20. festivity; merrymaking; revelry; conviviality {JOLLIFICATION}
21. a gnawing distress for wrongdoing; compunction; self-reproach {REMORSE}
22. a small usually triangular piece of land (as where two roads diverge) {GORE}
23. to make a careful investigation for information {DELVE}
24. to make or set free from obligation or service {AFFRANCHISE}
25. a religious recluse; hermit {EREMITE}
26. tending or enjoying to be in crowds and socializing {GREGARIOUS}
27. originally referred to the day of the full moon; but then, in the ancient Roman calendar, refers to the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, or the 13th of the other months {IDES}
28. an unimportant contrary movement or trend {EDDY}
29. the control of physical desires and bodily passions and appetites by self-denial, abstinence, fasting, etc. {MORTIFICATION}
30. Rumour; gossip {SCUTTLEBUTT}
31. A female sheep especially when mature {EWE}
32. Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations in time of war {SABOTAGE}
33. to wound or injure (e.g. tissues) in a surgical operation, or by force or by thermal, chemical, etc. {TRAUMATIZE}
34. Relating to or resembling an epigram {EPIGRAMMATIC}
35. Surrounding with troops; harassment {BELEAGUERMENT}
36. Upside down; in confusion or disorder {TOPSYTURVY}

Word Find Puzzle No. 2

Review the items posted and try to solve the following Word Find Puzzle! In this way you could memorize the words easier to improve your vocabulary in leisure time!

1. a bit; a jot; a very small quantity; a very small degree
2. extremely loud
3. unnecessary; useless; more than what is wanted
4. without preparation or premeditation; on the spur of the moment; in an extemporaneous manner
5. to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful especially on moral or practical grounds)
6. monetary gain; profit
7. excessively scanty; inadequate; little; small; meager
8. threshold
9. a person who is the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in literature, art, or science
10. constant and careful in attention or application; diligent
11. an impulse to wander or travel
12. An icon, sign, person, animal, or object, adopted by a group, believed to bring good luck
13. involving multiple academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines; involving multiple branches of learning
14. obstacle; obstruction
15. A system or set of names, terms, or procedures used in a branch of science, art, or technology
16. a fight with lances between two knights on horseback
17. the loyalty that people owe to their country; the loyalty that people owe to their sovereign
18. full of gaiety; full of high-spirited fun; playful; sportive; rollicking
19. a defensive encampment protected by a circle of armored vehicles or wagons
20. festivity; merrymaking; revelry; conviviality
21. a gnawing distress for wrongdoing; compunction; self-reproach
22. a small usually triangular piece of land (as where two roads diverge)
23. to make a careful investigation for information
24. to make or set free from obligation or service
25. a religious recluse; hermit
26. tending or enjoying to be in crowds and socializing
27. originally referred to the day of the full moon; but then, in the ancient Roman calendar, refers to the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, or the 13th of the other months
28. an unimportant contrary movement or trend
29. the control of physical desires and bodily passions and appetites by self-denial, abstinence, fasting,
etc.
30. Rumour; gossip
31. A female sheep especially when mature
32. Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations in time of war
33. to wound or injure (e.g. tissues) in a surgical operation, or by force or by thermal, chemical, etc.
34. Relating to or resembling an epigram
35. Surrounding with troops; harassment
36. Upside down; in confusion or disorder

Review Items No. 1-160

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laureates:
- a person who is the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in literature, art, or science (Example: The Swedish Academy decides who will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and announces the name of the chosen laureate.)
- to crown with a laurel wreath as a mark of honor, excellence, or achievement

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limen: threshold (Example: A limen of a psychological response is called a liminal point.)

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exiguous: excessively scanty; inadequate; little; small; meager

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lucre: monetary gain; profit (Example: He is a director who makes movies almost entirely for lucre.)

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emolument: the returns, wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor; compensation; gain

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repast:
- something taken as food; a meal
also:
- the act of taking food
- the time of taking food

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eschew: to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful especially on moral or practical grounds)

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chary:
- wary; discreetly cautious as hesitant and vigilant about risks and dangers
- discreetly cautious as slow to accept, or expend; not expending freely; sparing

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extempore: without preparation or premeditation; on the spur of the moment; in an extemporaneous manner (Example: He spoke extempore and wearied the audience.)

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bombast: pompous or pretentious inflated speech or writing

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weenie:
- frankfurter; wiener
- penis (slang)
- nerd
- an insignificant, disliked man (slang)
- a weak and ineffectual man (slang)

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segue: a transition from one part to another without pause, as in music

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propound: to put forward for discussion or consideration; to set forth; to propose

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brio: enthusiastic vigor; vivacity (Example: "She tells their story with brio and a mixture of sympathy and tart insight.” [Michiko Kakutani])

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superfluous: unnecessary; useless; more than what is wanted

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dour: stern; obstinate; inflexible

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aberrant: deviating from the normal way; atypical; abnormal

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stentorian: extremely loud (Example: Then a stentorian voice blared an all-points bulletin: "Calling the G-men! Calling all Americans to war on the underworld!" [Reference: Strobe Talbott, "Resisting the Gangbusters Option"])

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iota:
- the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
- a bit; a jot; a very small quantity; a very small degree

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cadge:
- to obtain by begging; to sponge
- to beg

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insipid:
- lacking flavor or zest; tasteless
- not exciting; not interesting

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assiduous:
- constant and careful in attention or application; diligent (Example: John is an assiduous programmer who strove for perfection.)
- persistent; unceasing; (Example: The police did an assiduous research to find the murderer.)

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wanderlust:
an impulse to wander or travel (Example: The British installation artist Mike Nelson doesn’t just embrace such wanderlust. He also makes it a good reason to stay put. [Reference: The New York Times: Mike Nelson’s Trailer Trash])

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asperity: rigor; severity; harshness; roughness (Example: What Pope would say of Cibber nobody inquired, but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity. [Reference: Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope])

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mascot:
An icon, sign, person, animal, or object, adopted by a group, believed to bring good luck (Example: The ongoing search for a new mascot at the University of Mississippi has gained national attention. After students voted in favor of having a say in choosing the mascot, speculation ramped up that Ole Miss could end up with Star Wars character Admiral Ackbar as the mascot. [Reference: USNews.com]

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interdisciplinary:
involving multiple academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines; involving multiple branches of learning (Example: Some schools allow you to construct your own major, perhaps in an interdisciplinary field. [Reference: USNews.com])

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traumatize
- to wound or injure (e.g. tissues) in a surgical operation, or by force or by thermal, chemical, etc. - to subject to psychological trauma by a childhood experience
- to impose a trauma; to subject to a trauma

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overhaul:
- a major repair, renovation, or revision (Example: The sewing machine requires a overhaul to work properly again.)
- to examine thoroughly for needed repairs
- to dismantle to repair
- to repair, renovate, or revise
- to catch up with; to overtake

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stymie:
- obstacle; obstruction
- in golf, the condition that exists when an opponent's ball lies in a direct line between the player's ball and the hole
- to present an obstacle in the way of; to block; to impede
- to hinder or obstruct as with a stymie

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erudite:
- possessing or showing an extensive knowledge gained from reading
- learned
- scholarly

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nomenclature:
A system or set of names, terms, or procedures used in a branch of science, art, or technology, e.g. the nomenclature of geomorphology.

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verve:
spirit and enthusiasm in an artistic performance

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deft:
dexterous; quick; skillful; adroit

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scrum:
- a restart after an interruption in a rugby play
- throng

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masthead:
- the top of a mast
- the printed matter in a blog, newspaper or periodical that gives the title and the ownership detail, etc.

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agelast:
a mirthless person; a person who never laughs

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facade: (also façade)
- the front of a building; any face of a building facing a street, courtyard, etc.; any face of a building that has special architectural treatment
- a superficial, artificial, or false appearance

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stratum: ( plural: strata)
- a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that makes it be distinguished from the other contiguous layers
- a horizontal layer or section of material in a set of contiguous layers
- a part of a series that presents a period or a stage of development or formation

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baryon: the family of composite subatomic particles made of three quarks

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joust:
- a fight with lances between two knights on horseback
- to fight on horseback as knights
- to engage in fight or competition as in a joust

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lambda:
- the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ)
- an uncharged hyperon

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necropsy: autopsy (usually used for autopsy on animals)

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vassal:
- in the Middle Ages: a feudal tenant; a person under protection of the feudal lord to whom she or he has vowed fealty and homage
- a person in a subordinate position
- a person in a subservient position

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fealty:
- the loyalty that people owe to their country; the loyalty that people owe to their sovereign
- the fidelity that vassals owe to their feudal lord
- the oath of fidelity or loyalty to country, sovereign, or feudal lord
- faithfulness; allegiance

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frolicsome:
full of gaiety; full of high-spirited fun; playful; sportive; rollicking

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disport:
- to amuse; to entertain
- amusement; diversion

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laager:
- a defensive encampment protected by a circle of armored vehicles or wagons
- a defensive policy; a defensive position
- to camp in a defensive circle of armored vehicles or wagons
- to form (armoured vehicles or wagons) into a laager
- to park (armoured vehicles or wagons) in a laager

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Xanthippe (also: Xantippe) :

- Xanthippe was the wife of Socrates
- a scolding woman or wife; an ill-tempered woman or wife; a shrewish woman or wife

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jollification: festivity; merrymaking; revelry; conviviality

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roomette:
a small private room on a railroad sleeping car or in a railroad passenger train

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tootle:
- to toot gently, softly, repeatedly, or continuously on a flute or some musical instrument like that
- to drive, walk or move along in a leisurely manner; amble

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hag:
- an ugly, slatternly, wizened, evil-looking old woman; witch
- a kind of fairy or goddess, often found in folklore and children's tales, who is ugly, slatternly, wizened, or evil-looking

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old-timer:
- a person who has been an employee, member, soldier or resident for a long time
- an old-fashioned person
- oldster
- veteran

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expound:
- to set forth in detail; to state in detail
- to explain, interpret, clarify or defend by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail

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abstain:
to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (Example: He abstains from eating meat.)

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remorse:
a gnawing distress for wrongdoing; compunction; self-reproach

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gore:
- a small usually triangular piece of land (as where two roads diverge)
- a triangular piece (as a triangular piece of fabric in clothes)
- to cut into a triangular form
- to pierce or wound with a horn, tusk, or knife

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sorgo:
a sorghum cultivated for the sweet juice in its stems (to make sugar and syrup)

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delve:
- to dig (with a spade)
- to make a careful investigation for information (Example: He delved into the book to understand the complex algorithms.)

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shank:
- the part of leg between knee and ankle in human or other vertebrates
- a cut of meat from the upper or the lower part of the leg of animals
- a projection on the back of buttons by which they are sewn to fabric

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pellucid:

- allowing for the passage of light without diffusion; transparent (Example: The air was strangely still, the sky pellucid and speckled with stars except where the swelling clouds massed to the west. [Reference: Conan and the Emerald Lotus by John C. Hocking])

- easy to understand; clear

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coeval:
of the same age or antiquity; contemporary

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affranchise:
to make or set free from obligation or service

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eremite:
a religious recluse; hermit

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de jure:
- by right
- in accordance with the laws or the actions of the state

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gregarious:
- tending or enjoying to be in crowds and socializing
- traveling or living in herds, flock, or crowd (as animals)

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brut:
- very dry
- a sweetness measure for dry sparkling wines

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ides:
originally referred to the day of the full moon; but then, in the ancient Roman calendar, refers to the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, or the 13th of the other months

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eddy:
- a current of water or air running contrary to the main current and with a circular motion; small whirlpool or whirlwind
- an unimportant contrary movement or trend
- a contrary current as of thought or policy

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mortification:
- the control of physical desires and bodily passions and appetites by self-denial, abstinence, fasting, etc.
- something causing shame, humiliation, etc. as it wounds one's pride or self-respect
- the sense of shame and humiliation due to something that wounds one's pride or self-respect

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jovial: good-humored, hearty convivial, or genial

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abba:
- father
- title of a bishop in some Arabic churches

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kame: an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till

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scuttlebutt: rumour; gossip

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wordmonger
- a writer or speaker who uses words pretentiously
- a writer or speaker who uses words carelessly disregarding for meanings

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wean:
- to cause a child or a young animal to get accustomed gradually to food other than its mother's milk
- to detach gradually from a source of dependence

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elide:
leave out; suppress; omit; ignore; to strike out, e.g. some word written; slur over, e.g. a vowel, syllable, etc. (Example: "Did you know that dragons elide riders' names?" [Reference: The Chronicles of Pern written by Anne McCaffrey])

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elide:
leave out; suppress; omit; ignore; to strike out, e.g. some word written; slur over, e.g. a vowel, syllable, etc. (Example: "Did you know that dragons elide riders' names?" [Reference: The Chronicles of Pern written by Anne McCaffrey])

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ewe - a female sheep especially when mature

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drudge:
- a person who does hard, menial, tedious, or unpleasant work
- to do hard, menial, tedious, or unpleasant work
- to force to do hard, menial, tedious, or unpleasant work

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sabotage:
- destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations in time of war
- destruction of an employer's equipments, tools and materials or hindering of production by discontented workers

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hoodlum: a gangster; a thug; a ruffian

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yowl:
- to utter a loud and long mournful cry of grief or distress; wail
- to complain with yowls

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raver: a person who frequently speaks wildly and irrationally

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sempre: always; used in music directions as without varying

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turmoil: a state of extreme commotion; tumult

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oblivion: the state of forgetting or being forgotten (Example: "Oblivion is a kind of annihilation." [Reference: The Life Of Johnson book])

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pooh bah: a pompous ostentatious official especially one that holds many offices and jobs but fulfills none of them

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epigrammatic: relating to or resembling an epigram; where an epigram is a short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation, as an example the following is an epigram by John Donne entitled as A Lame Beggar:

I am unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies.

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topsy-turvy:
- with the head downward; upside down; in a reversed condition
- in confusion or disorder

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beleaguerment:
- surrounding with troops; besiege
- harassment

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algorithm:
- a step by step procedure to solve a problem
- a set of instructions for solving a problem on a computer in a finite number of steps

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lexicon: dictionary; a dictionary especially for of an ancient language

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vex: disturb; annoy (Eample: "Vex not your mind on that," the prince answered, smiling. [Reference: The White Company book])

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maim: to deprive of a necessary part of the body; cripple (Example: I couldn't, didn't, couldn't believe that Ellis could maim - and effectively kill - a child's pony and three young racehorses. [Reference: Come To Grief book])

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womanizer:
- a man who philanders
- to be sexually promiscuous with women
- to make effeminate

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duad: pair; couple; unit of two objects

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downtrodden: figuratively oppressed; subjugated (Example: He is not a spokesman for the downtrodden, much less those who seek just solutions to real dilemmas [Reference: America and the War by Tony Judt])

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oodles: - a great quantity; a great amount; lots; an unspecified large number (Example: I just met her this morning and I could already think of oodles of stuff that I wanted to tell her about.)

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foreknowlege: - prescience - awareness of something before its existence or occurrence

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looby: someone awkward and clumsy

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novemdecillion: The number equal to 10⁶⁰; one with 60 zeros

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foolhardy: heady, reckless

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goo goo:
- loving (mostly used in the phrase: goo-goo eyes)
- an advocate of a political reform movement

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umpirage: mediation by an umpire; the act of umpiring; refereeing

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vorticity:
- the state of a fluid in swirling or vortical motion
- a measure of vortical motions

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quackery:
- charlatanism
- medical practice and advice based on observation and experience and ignoring scientific findings

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mooch:
- ask for and get free as being a parasite
- someone who cadges and tries to get something free

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ultramundane: being beyond the world or the limits of the universe

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almsgiving: something such as money, food, etc. given freely to relieve the poor

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lorn: desolate; forsaken

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idiographic: relating to or concerned with concrete or unique

facts or events

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cade: left by its mother and reared by hand (e.g. a cade lamb)

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zoolatry: animal worship

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baksheesh: munificence (baksheesh is originally a Persian word)

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kabbalah (variant of cabala):
- a medieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism and thaumaturgy marked by belief in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture
- a traditional esoteric matter
- esoteric doctrine or mysterious art

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cabala:
- a medieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism and thaumaturgy marked by belief in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture
- a traditional esoteric matter
- esoteric doctrine or mysterious art

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iconoclast:
- someone who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
- someone who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

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amulet: a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring

good fortune

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balk: to refuse abruptly

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Detailed Definition:

noun
- a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness
- a hindrance
- a ridge between furrows
- a wooden beam or rafter
- failure of a player to complete a motion, especially an illegal motion of the pitcher

in baseball while in position

intransitive verb
- to refuse abruptly [is used with 'at'] (e.g. He balked at putting up the promised

money)
- to stop and refuse to proceed
- to commit a balk in sports

transitive verb
- to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle

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artiodactyl: having an even number of toes on each foot (as

camel or pig)

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neuston: minute organisms that float in the surface film of water

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vatic:
- of or related to a prophet or a prophecy
- prophetic

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gelid: extremely cold, icy

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litany:
- a liturgical prayer consisting of a series of petitions recited by a leader alternating

with fixed responses by the congregation
- a repetitive or incantatory recital

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rorqual: any of a family of large baleen whales having the skin of

the throat marked with deep longitudinal furrows

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endocarp: the inner, usually woody, layer of the pericarp of a

fruit, such as the stone of a cherry or peach

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pedantic:
- like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
- being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner
- being finicky or picky with language

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euphemism: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive

expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

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derision:
- the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
- an object of ridicule or scorn

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doppelganger (Doppelgänger): the ghostly double of a living

person

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subintelligitur:

- something that is implied even though not expressed
- something that is not stated but understood

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endemic: native to a particular region

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- constantly present in a particular region
- native to a particular country, nation, or region

noun
- an endemic organism

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pneuma: - soul - spirit

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interdigitate: to become interlocked like the fingers of folded

hands

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nanocephalous: having abnormally small head

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firmament: - the arch of the sky - the heavens

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magniloquent: bombastic in style or expression

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- speaking by a bombastic style or manner
- characterized by a bombastic style or manner
- inflated in style or expression
- pompous in style or expression

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sapid: - having a strong pleasant flavor - pleasing to the mind

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lumpen: one cut off from his/her normal socioeconomic class

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- relating to displaced people who have been cut off from the socioeconomic class

with which they would ordinarily be identified (e.g. lumpen intellectuals unable to

find jobs in their fields)
- plebeian
- stupid
- unthinking

noun
- a member of the uneducated lowest class of society

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socioeconomic: relating to, or involving both economic and

social factors

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gadabout: one roaming about in search of amusement or social

activity

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languor: mental or physical weariness or fatigue

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Detailed Definition:

noun
- mental or physical weariness or fatigue
- physical or mental laziness or weariness
- weakness or weariness of body or mind
- listless indolence
- indolence of one satiated by a luxury life

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obtrude: to impose oneself or one's idea on others without

request

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Detailed Definition:

transitive verb
- to impose oneself or one's idea without request
- to force oneself or one's idea without warrant or invitation
- to thrust out

intransitive verb
- to become unduly prominent
- to interfere unduly
- to intrude

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exemplar: one that serves as a model or example

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Detailed Definition:

noun
- one that serves as a model or example
- a copy of a book or writing
- a model to be copied
- a model to be imitated
- a pattern to be copied
- a pattern to be imitated
- a typical or standard specimen
- an ideal model or type

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penchant: - a strong liking - a strong inclination

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incongruous: - not harmonious - inconsistent

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precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- depending on the will or pleasure of another
- dependent on uncertain premises
- dubious
- having insufficient foundation (a precarious belief)

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esoteric: intended only for a particular group

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- limited to a small circle
- private
- confidential (an esoteric target)
- of rare interest (esoteric construction materials)

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vexatious: distressing

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- full of stress
- full of disorder
- full of annoyance
- causing vexation
- annoying
- intended to vex
- intended to annoy

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pecuniary: monetary

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- relating to money
- consisting of or measured in money
- requiring payment of money (e.g. a pecuniary offense)

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propitious: presenting favorable conditions

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- favorable
- being a good omen
- auspicious
- benevolent

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chicanery: deception by trickery or sophistry

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jocund: merry

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- full of high-spirited merriment
- marked by high spirits
- marked by lively mirthfulness
- of a humorous temperament
- showing high-spirited merriment

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languish: to be or become feeble

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Detailed Definition:

intransitive verb
- to be or become feeble
- to be or become weak
- to be or become enervated
- to be or live in a state of depression
- to be or live in a state of decreasing vitality
- to lose strength or vigor

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machination: a crafty action intended to accomplish a sinister

end

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surcease: to desist from action

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Detailed Definition:

1. intransitive verb
- to desist from action
- to come to an end
- to cease
- to stop

2. transitive verb
- to put an end to
- to discontinue

3. noun
- cessation
- a temporary respite or end
- intermission

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chapfallen: cast down in spirit

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Detailed Definition:

adjective
- dejected
- downhearted
- crestfallen
- depressed

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heliolatry: worship of the sun

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wrangle: to dispute something angrily

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Detailed Definition:

1. intransitive verb
- to dispute angrily, noisily or peevishly
- to engage in argument or controversy
- to quarrel noisily or angrily

2. transitive verb
- to win or obtain by argument
- to herd livestock, especially horses

3. noun
- the act of wrangling
- an angry, noisy dispute or argument

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WIZENED

wizened: dried up; withered; shriveled; shrunken (Example: The new CEO is a wizened old man.)

NEOLOGISM

neologism:
- a new word or a new meaning for an established word or expression
- the use or creation of new words or new expressions

LASSITUDE

lassitude:
- a state or feeling of being tired; fatigue
- a condition of weariness or debility; languor
- a condition of listlessness

COSSET

cosset:
- a pet lamb
- a small pet
- to treat as a pet; pamper

CORMORANT

cormorant:
- a greedy person
- a gluttonous person
- a rapacious person
- a genus of dark-colored web-footed water birds

ADOBE

adobe: a natural building material made from sand, clay, horse manure and water, with some kind of fibrous or organic material which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. Adobe is a Spanish word that is from Arabic al-ṭūb (the brick), from Coptic tōbe (brick), from Egyptian dbt.

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SORCERER

sorcerer: a person who practices sorcery; wizard (Example: The first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.)

BIFURCATE

bifurcate:
- to divide into two branches; to divide into two parts
- divided into two branches; divided into two parts

CADGE

cadge:
- to obtain by begging; to sponge
- to beg

IOTA

iota:
- the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
- a bit; a jot; a very small quantity; a very small degree

STENTORIAN

stentorian: extremely loud (Example: Then a stentorian voice blared an all-points bulletin: "Calling the G-men! Calling all Americans to war on the underworld!" [Reference: Strobe Talbott, "Resisting the Gangbusters Option"])

ABERRANT

aberrant: deviating from the normal way; atypical; abnormal

DOUR

dour: stern; obstinate; inflexible

SUPERFLUOUS

superfluous: unnecessary; useless; more than what is wanted