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Hector
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v. Bully, intimidate, harass
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Dram
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n. A small amount, 1/16 of an ounce
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Laconic
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adj. Concise to the point of seeming rude
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Jejune
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adj. Dull, lacking nutritive value, puerile, immature
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Gimcrack
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n. A showy object of little use or value, geegaw
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Paranymph
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n. Bridesmaid
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Jawboning
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v. Use of public appeals to influence business or political leaders
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Pungle
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v. Pay with money, usually used with "up" as in "pungle up" for a pizza
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Paladin
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n. Trusted military leader
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Alterity
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adj. State of alien or otherness
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Sea Change
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n. Marked change or transformation
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Flat Hat
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v. Fly low in an airplane, behave recklessly
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Hobson's Choice
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v. An apparently free choice when all choices are bad
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Grimalkin
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n. Old gray cat
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Crapulous
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adj. Marked by intemperance in eating and drinking
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Susurrous
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adj. Full of whispering sounds
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Shilly Shally
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v. Dawdle
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Vociferous
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ddj. Marked by or given to vehement or insistent outcry
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Comity
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n. Friendly civility or courtesy
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Propitiate
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v. Appease
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Quincunx
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n. An arrangement of five things with four items at corners and one in the center
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Nosegay
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n. A small Bunch of flowers
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Burke
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v. Suppress quietly, bypass or avoid
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Yips
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n. A state of nervous tension
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Calumet
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n. highly ornamental pipe of Native Americans
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Fossik
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v. to search for as if rummaging
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Vanguard
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n. troops marching at the head of an army
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Milquetoast
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n. a timid or meek person
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Squinny
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v. to look or peer with eyes partly closed
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Insouciance
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adj. lighthearted unconcern
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Funambulism
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v. A show of mental agility
b) tight rope walking
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Trenchant
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adj. keen, sharp
b)quickly perceptive
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Plummy
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adj. Full of plums
b) choice, desirable
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Galumph
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v. To move with heavy, clumsy tread
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Comity
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adj. friendly civility, courtesy
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Dander
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1)n. dandruff
2)n. anger
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Flummox
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n. Confuse
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Grandee
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n. A man of elevated rank or station
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chatoyant
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adj. Having changeable lustre twinkling.
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Katzenjammer
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n. uneasiness, distress
2) uproar, clamour
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Aureate
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adj. 1) Of golden color or brilliance
2)marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style
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Acedia
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n. apathy
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Woebegon
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v. strongly afflicted with sadness
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Liminal
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adj. transitional intermediate state or condition usually with psychological or metaphysical significance
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Sockdolager
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n. 1)A decisive reply or argument.
2)Something unusually large or heavy
3)A heavy finishing blow
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Philtrum
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n. Love potion or the groove between the upper lip and nose
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Tittle
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n. The "dot" on the i or any mark over a letter
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Mansuetude
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n. Gentleness, mildness
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Glabrous
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adj. Smooth, especially without hair
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Lickerish
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adj. Greedy, longing, lustful, lecherous fond of and eager for choice food.
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