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Adjective: Unreal; imaginary; visionary.
Sentence: The story the student wrote was a very chimerical with all the different feats the character faced. |
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Noun: Dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinion as truths.
Sentence: The dogmatism in the girl's opinion made the whole class angry. |
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Noun: Weariness of body or mind from strain; oppressive climate; lack of energy.
Sentence: The lassitude of the students developed when they were studying for the exam. |
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Noun: A funeral song or tune; or one expressing mourning in commemorating the dead.
Sentence: The dirge was picked by the widow who was laying her husband to rest. |
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Noun: The parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion.
Sentence: To imagine the tribe eating the offal of the animal was quite disgusting. |
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Noun: An article of food.
Sentence: At the grocery store there is a variety of viands. |
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Noun: A descendent.
Sentence: The boy is a distant scion to royalty in Denmark. |
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Noun: A case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
Sentence: I ended up losing my portmanteau at the airport. |
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Verb: To make dim; darken; obscure.
Sentence: We need to bedim the lights on the stage or the actor's part will not have the same affect. |
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Noun: The outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its characters.
Sentence: The physiognomy of the new student made others judge them before they could even introduce themselves. |
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