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04/10/2009
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Term
Declaim
 Definition
speak dramatically
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Matutinal
 Definition
morning, early occasion
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resplendent
 Definition
shining
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carapace
 Definition
bony armor, shell
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shoehorn
 Definition
squeeze
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convention
 Definition
customary practice, normal
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lagniappe
 Definition
gift with purchase
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multifarious
 Definition
variety
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stentorian
 Definition
loud
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dogmatic
 Definition
narrow-minded
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prognosticate
 Definition
predict
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comely
 Definition
attractive
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scintillating
 Definition
shine
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eschew
 Definition
avoid
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purports
 Definition
seems
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semblance
 Definition
the way something looks or seems
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panache (puh-nash)
 Definition
impressive confidence of style or manner
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impunity
 Definition
freedom from punishment or harm
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denotation
 Definition
derivative of a word
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connotation
 Definition
idea or feeling connected to word
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chortle
 Definition
chuckle and snort
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guffaw
 Definition
laugh loudly
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snicker
 Definition
smother laugh
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connotation
 Definition
idea or feeling connected to word
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snigger
 Definition
half-suppressed laughter
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titter
 Definition
nervous laughter
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cachinnates (kak-i-nate
 Definition
laugh loud and too much
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recalcitrant (re cal sitrant)
 Definition
unwilling to cooperate
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hidebound
 Definition
unable unwilling to change because of tradition
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dubious
 Definition
doubtful
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quondam
 Definition
former
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sagacious
 Definition
having good judgement or wise
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erudite (air oOo dite)
 Definition
having or showing knowledge
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polymath
 Definition
person with a wide knowledge on many subjects
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rotund
 Definition
plump
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antediluvian
 Definition
pre-flood
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senescent
 Definition
deterioration with age
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svelte (fa net i cal)
 Definition
slender and elegant
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emaciated (e mace she ate)
 Definition
abnormally thin and weak
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antipodean (an tipodean)
 Definition
opposite
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perambulating (peram bulate)
 Definition
walk or travel from place to place
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prattling
 Definition
babbling
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demean
 Definition
to do something that is beneath one's dignity
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defame
 Definition
to damage a good rep
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decry
 Definition
denounce
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depreciate
 Definition
reduce in value overtime, dismiss as unimportant
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denigrate
 Definition
criticize unfairly
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exculpate (ex cul pate)
 Definition
rid of guilt
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salubrious
 Definition
good for one's health
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miffed
 Definition
offended or irritated
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miffed
 Definition
offended or irritated
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rangy
 Definition
tall and thin
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taciturn
 Definition
saying little
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quibble
 Definition
slight objection or criticism
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effervescence
 Definition
giving off fizz, lively and enthusiastic
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moroseness
 Definition
sullen and illtempered
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pulchritude
 Definition
beauty
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virility
 Definition
strong, energetic, having a strong sex drive
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vituperate
 Definition
harshly criticize
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frowsy
 Definition
poorly dressed
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bemuse
 Definition
confuse, bewilder
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frass
 Definition
bug droppings
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munificent
 Definition
very generous, attractive
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paradigmatic
 Definition
example, model
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lucid
 Definition
easy to understand clear showing an ability to think clearly
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unambiguous
 Definition
not open to more than one
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dross
 Definition
rubbish
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saccharine
 Definition
sweet
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quack
 Definition
person who fasely claims to have medical knowledge
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fustigate
 Definition
beat with a stick
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erudition
 Definition
knowledge
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eleemosynary
 Definition
charitable
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kith
 Definition
friends
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atypical
 Definition
not typical
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apathetic
 Definition
uncaring
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abdicates
 Definition
leaves
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absconds
 Definition
steal confiscate
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adumbrate
 Definition
foreshade
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amiable
 Definition
loving
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amicable
 Definition
friendly
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anaerobic
 Definition
without oxygen, muscle exercise
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anarchy
 Definition
without government or rule
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animosity
 Definition
feeling of hatred
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animadversion
 Definition
disapproval, criticism
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antebellon
 Definition
before the war
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antecede
 Definition
precede, go before
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auction
 Definition
sales by increasing bid
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bibliomania
 Definition
obsession of books
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breke
 Definition
squiggly mark placed over a short vowel or syllable
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cacophorus
 Definition
bad sounding
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circum navigate
 Definition
go around the world
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circumspect
 Definition
inspect all around
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convocation
 Definition
assembly
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contrariwise
 Definition
in the opposite on the contrary
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eupherism
 Definition
polite expression sub for term
Term
stupefied
 Definition
amazed
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homochromatic
 Definition
one color
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hyperventilate
 Definition
one color
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extraneous
 Definition
beyond what you need
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extradite
 Definition
to send a criminal back
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heterogeneous
 Definition
dissimiliar, unlike, or unrelated
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heterography
 Definition
spelling that differs from standard use
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hypotenuse
 Definition
the stretch under the triangle
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inept
 Definition
not adept, not skillful
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insolvent
 Definition
bankrupt, no money
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innate
 Definition
something born inside you
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interstices
 Definition
crevices, small narrow spaces
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microcosm
 Definition
small universe
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misnomer
 Definition
wrong name
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miscreant
 Definition
bad evil person
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monocle
 Definition
one lens
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nefarious
 Definition
full of bad wicked or evil
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malapropism
 Definition
ridiculous use of words
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emasculation
 Definition
make weak deprive a man of his male role
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nonpareil
 Definition
a person or thing not equaled or unrivalled
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nonplussed
 Definition
susprised and confused as how to react
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flummoxed
 Definition
to baffle someone completely
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periscope
 Definition
submarine scope
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peripatetic
 Definition
walk around not staying in one place
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postmortem
 Definition
occurs after death
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preclude
 Definition
to prevent something something from happening in advance
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profuse
 Definition
apologies, lot
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proclivity
 Definition
tendency to do something
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sequestered
 Definition
separated
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subterranean
 Definition
below earth
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superfluous
 Definition
above what you need, extra, unnecessary
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surcharge
 Definition
extra fee
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surfeit
 Definition
surplus
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telekinesis
 Definition
moving things with your mind
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