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inure |
To make used to something unpleasant by forced or prolonged subjection. Usually [...] |
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copula |
(logic)
The word or words that serve as a link between the subject and predicat [...] |
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hiatus |
1. A gap or missing section; a lacuna. 2. Any loss or interruption in time or co [...] |
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foetor |
Strong stench.
(variation : fetor) |
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clave |
Past tense of cleave (to split) and cleave (to cling). |
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caprice |
(`ka-preese')
1. An impulsive change of mind. 2. An inclination to make such ch [...] |
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aphonia |
A loss of speech, voiceless.
adj. aphonic |
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veracious |
1. Honest; truthful. 2. Accurate; precise. ~n. veracity- Habitual adherence to t [...] |
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ubiquitous |
Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent ~n. ubiquity. |
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yeanling |
The young of a sheep or a goat, ie. a lamb or a kid. |
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yaud |
(rare) An old mare or decrepit horse. |
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yare |
(pr. `Yair' archaic) 1. Responding easily, manoeuvrable. Said of a sailing vesse [...] |
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wieldy |
1. Easily wielded 2. Nimble, agile or vigorous. Also `wieldsome' (obsolete) |
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wadmal |
Any outer garment of thick, rough cloth, formerly used by country people in Nort [...] |
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vug, vugh |
A small cavity in a rock or vein, especially one lined with crystals (From Corni [...] |
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vulnerary |
(rare) A remedy used in the healing or treatment of wounds. |
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voluble |
1. Characterised by a ready flow of words in speaking; fluent; loquacious. 2. (a [...] |
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virid |
Verdant; green with or as with vegetation. |
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vacillate |
1. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another; be irr [...] |
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unctuous |
1. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; greasy; slippery. 2 [...] |
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umbrage |
(archaic & poetic) Something that affords shade; Shadow or shade; A shadowy hint [...] |
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umbra (pl. umbras, umbrae) |
A dark area; specifically, the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is [...] |
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ultracrepidarian |
Acting or speaking outside one's experience, knowledge or ability. ~n. One who a [...] |
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turpitude |
A base, immoral act. Depravity. From the latin `turpis' meaning ugly or vile. |
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thrifty |
1. Wisely economical, frugal. 2. (archaic) Growing vigorously. |
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tope |
(archaic) To drink alcohol habitually and excessively. |
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tenebrific |
(archaic & literary) Serving to obscure or darken. See `tenebrous' |
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tass |
(chiefly scottish) 1. A small cup or goblet; 2. A small draught, especially of s [...] |
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talus |
1. A sloping mass of debris at the base of a cliff. 2. A sloping side of a rampa [...] |
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sybarite |
A person devoted to pleasure and luxury. Also `sybaritic' |
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stertor |
A heavy snoring sound in deep sleep, caused by obstruction of the air passages. |
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splenetic |
1. (archaic) Melancholy. 2. Ill tempered, spiteful or irritable. ~n. An ill-hum [...] |
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similitude |
1. Similarity. 2. Something closing resembling another; a counterpart; a double. [...] |
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syllogism |
1. A deduction from a general premise to its logical conclusion. 2. A subtle or [...] |
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slatternly |
1. Slovenly; untidy. 2. Characteristic of a slattern. n. Slattern. 1. A woman w [...] |
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setose |
Bristly or bristle-like; setaceous. |
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sententious |
Meaning: Terse, pithy and aphoristic in expression. Fond of using maxims or aph [...] |
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sartorial |
Pertaining to clothes, fashion or a tailor. |
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sardonic |
Implying scorn or mockery overlaid with cynicism. Can describe both content and [...] |
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sanguinary |
1. Accompanied by bloodshed and carnage. 2. Bloodthirsty. 3. Consisting of or st [...] |
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sere |
(literary) Withered; dry. |
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solicitude |
Anxiety or concern. |
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sequestrate |
1. (archaic) To set apart. 2. (law) To seize. |
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sectile |
Capable of being cut or severed smoothly by a knife. |
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sectary |
A dissenter from an established church. |
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repudiate |
1. To reject emphatically as unfounded or unjust. 2a. To refuse to accept or rec [...] |
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segue |
1. (music) An uninterrupted transition from one movement to another. v. segued [...] |
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rubicund |
Having or showing a healthy rosiness; ruddy. |
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rill |
A small rivulet of liquid. |
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rhetorician |
1. An expert in or teacher of rhetoric. 2. An eloquent speaker or writer. 3. One [...] |