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Rapscallian
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n. Rascal, ne'er do well
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Byzantine
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adj. Complex or intricate
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Creolize
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v. To combine local and foreign elements into a new distinct whole
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Autoschediastical
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ajd. Improvised or extemporaneous
n. Autoschediast
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Jubilate
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v. Rejoice, especially vocal
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Klatsch
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n. An informal gathering of people
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Spirituel
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adj. Having a refined and graceful mind or wit
2)Light and airy in movement ethereal
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Ossify
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v. To make hardened or set in one's ways
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Offal
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n. 1)The edible insides of an animal
2) Dead or decomposing matter
3) Refuse or waste
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Felicitate
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v. 1) To congratulate on a happy event
2) To make happy (archaic)
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Gloaming
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n. Twilight or dusk
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Concupiscible
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adj. Worthy of being desired
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Snitty
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adj. Disagreeably ill tempered
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Fain
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adj. 1)Gladly, willingly
2)Constrained, obliged (archaic)
3)Desirous, eager (archaic)
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Totemic
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adj. Pertaining to an object or representation of an object with which a family or group considers itself closely related.
n.- Totem
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Cavalier
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adj. 1)Debonair
2)Offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters
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Halcyon
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n. Kingfisher
v. Calm quiet peaceful undisturbed prospersous
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Gormandize
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n. To eat glutinously
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Snaffle
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v. To obtain by devious or irregular means
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Hypnagogic
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adj. Of pertaining to or occurring in the state of drowsiness preceding sleep.
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Edacious
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adj. Excessively eager, insatiable
adj. Ravenous
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Rubicund
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adj. Ruddy, inclining to redness
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Circuitous
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v. Not being forthright in language or action.
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Bailiwick
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n. A person's specific area of authority, interest, knowledge, skill or work
n. The office or district of a bailiff
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Nimbus
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n. halo
n. cloud
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Inkhorn
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adj. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned
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Ambisinister
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v. Clumsy or unskilful with both hands
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Elide
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v. To suppress ignore pass over, omit
v. legally: to annul or quash
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Thimble-rig
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n. To cheat or swindle as in the traditional shell game
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Eclat
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n. Brilliance of success, reputation etc.
n. Showy or elaborate display
n. Acclamation or acclaim
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Urbane
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adj. Notably polite or polished in manner
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Daedal
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adj. Complex or ingenious in form or function, intricate
adj. Rich, adorned with many things
adj. Skillful, artistic
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Cacoethes
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n. Irresistible urge
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Desiderata (um)
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n. Something desired or considered necessary.
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Effluvium
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n. A slight disagreeable exhaust or vapor
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Imbroglio
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adj. A complicated and embarrassing state of things
adj. A confused mess, a tangle
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Hardtack
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n. A salt-less, hard bi
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Lobscouse
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n. A sailor's dish of stewed or baked meat with hardtack.
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Jobbery
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v. The conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
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Bathetic
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adj. Characterized by triteness or sentimentalism
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Vespertine
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adj. Of relating to or occurring in the evening.
adj. Active, flowering or flourishing in the evening
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Fugacious
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adj. Lasting but a short or fleeting time.
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Interregnum
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n. The interval between two reigns
Any breach of continuity in an order
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Apposite
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adj. Being of striking relevance, appropriate, aplicable.
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Truckle
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v. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another.
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Lucre
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n. Monetary gain, often negative
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Prose
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v. To go forward
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Verse
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v. Turn (reverse, turn back)
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Vicissitude
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n. The quality or state of being changeable : mutability
2. an unexpected change or fluctuation
a difficulty or hardship usually beyond one's control
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Philomath
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n. A lover of learning
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