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precipitous | [1] reckless, hasty [2] characterized by precipices [3] abrupt: extremely stee [...] |
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algophilist | One who enjoys pain. Could be used to describe a sadist, masochist or sado-maso [...] |
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chalcedony | A family of colored quartz, usually with a milky or waxy appearance, including c [...] |
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anacreontic | jovial, festive and amorous; celebrating love and drinking. |
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penury | [1] A state of extreme poverty; to be very poor [2] Dearth; barrenness; insuffi [...] |
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vitiate | [1] to make faulty or defective; to impair the value or quality of; spoil. [2] [...] |
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equivocal | 1. deliberately ambiguous, with the intention to mislead or confuse: "The langua [...] |
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equivocate | 1 : to use equivocal language, especially with the intent to deceive 2 : to avo [...] |
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adduce | to cite as an example, reason, or proof in a formal discussion or analysis. e [...] |
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pari passu | A banking term, meaning at an equal rate or pace. It implies fairness and impart [...] |
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vicarious | 1. An act fulfilled by the substitution of the actual offender or target with so [...] |
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welkin | (archaic) 1. The vault of heaven; the sky; "make the welkin ring." 2. The upper [...] |
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warison | A bugle call giving the command to attack. A war cry. |
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unction | 1. The act of anointing as part of a religious or healing ritual. 2. An ointment [...] |
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uxorious | (Formal and Literary) Excessively or irrationally devoted to one's wife. |
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trenchant | 1. Keen; incisive; penetrating. 2. Forceful; effective; vigorous. 3. Sharply def [...] |
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thrift | Personal wealth or savings. |
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tenesmus | A painful attempt or pain associated with urinating or defecating. |
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tenebrous | Dark and gloomy. n. `tenebrosity' variation: tenebrious |
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sorrel | 1. Brownish orange to light brown. 2. A horse of this colour. |
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sanguine | 1a. (archaic) The colour of blood. b. Ruddy; florid. Said of the complexion. 2. [...] |
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seraglio | 1. A large harem. 2. A sultan's palace. |
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sequacious | (archaic) Disposed to follow others in a slavish or unquestioning way. |
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repugn | (archaic) To resist or oppose. ~intr. to be opposed; conflict. |
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rubescent | Reddening; to go red. |
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quixotic | (pr. kwic-sottic) Caught up in the romance of noble deeds or unreachable ideals [...] |
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rogation | (usually plural) A solemn prayer or supplication. |
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quietus | 1. Anything that kills or eliminates; a deathblow. 2. Release from life; death. [...] |
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procrastinate | 1. To put off doing something until a future time. n. procrastination. |
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perspicacious | 1. Acutely discerning, perceptive or understanding. adv. perspicacity |
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pleonasm | 1. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy. 2. A [...] |
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perorate | To speak at great length, often in an inflated, pompous manner; declaim |
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palliate | 1. To make (an offence or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; excuse. 2. To mak [...] |
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opprobrium | 1. Disgrace inherent in or arising from shameful misconduct; ignominy. 2. Scorn [...] |
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opine | (formal) To hold or state as an opinion; to think. |
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obdurate | Hardened against good or moral influence. Stubbornly impenitent. |
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moue | (pr. moo) A sulky or disdainful expression; a pout. |
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morbific | Causing or producing disease; pathogenic. |
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meed | (archaic) A merited gift or reward. |
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mawk | (obsolete) Maggot |
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margarite | (archaic) A pearl. |
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lupine | (pr. loo-pin) 1. Wolflike. 2. Rapacious; ravenous. |
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lugubrious | 1. Mournful or doleful, especially to an excessive degree. 2. |
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luculent | (archaic) Easily understood; clear; lucid. |
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lucubrate | To write in a scholarly fashion. |
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loose | (archery) To release the arrow. Note: the word `fire' was only used after the in [...] |
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longueur | (often plural) 1. A boring or tedious period of time. 2. A tedious, overlong [...] |
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locus | A site considered to be the centre of a particular activity. pl. `Loci' |
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laciniate | 1. Fringed. 2. Having edges cut into narrow fringelike segments. (variation: l [...] |
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lachrymose | 1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful. 2. Causing tears; sorrowful. 3. Lugubri [...] |
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