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brazen-faced adj	help, file
Impudent; open and without shame.
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hedonism n	help, file
(philosophy): The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. A lifestyle based on or implying hedonism.
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sublimate v	help, file
(chemistry): To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state. To redirect the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable activity.
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caesura n	help, file
A a pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.
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nemorous adj	help, file
Full of trees, dark with shady groves.
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sidereal adj	help, file
Pertaining to the stars. (astronomy): Pertaining to a measurement of time made relative to the position of the stars.
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ameliorate v	help, file
To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
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funambulate v	help, file
To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
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phantasmagoria n	help, file
A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour. A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
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galvanise v	help, file
To To shock or stimulate into sudden activity. To coat with rust-resistant zinc. (chemistry): To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
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deasil adv	help, file
Clockwise; following the direction of the sun's movement. Turning towards the right.
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pontificate v	help, file
To to speak at length or be unnecessarily wordy, often in a patronizing or pompous manner. To express one's position as if it is absolutely right. To preside, as at a religious ceremony.
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fermata n	help, file
(music): A notation to hold a note for longer than its usual duration, until the conductor cuts it off.
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clandestine adj	help, file
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
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mete v	help, file
To measure. To dispense punishment or suffering.
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vicarious adj	help, file
Experienced or gained through someone else; done by watching or reading rather than through personal experience.
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diphthong n	help, file
(phonetics): A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel.
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ardor n	help, file
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
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reconnoiter v	help, file
To survey something (generally an enemy's land and position).
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internecine adj	help, file
Mutually destructive, most often applied to warfare. Struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.
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thaumaturgy n	help, file
The working of miracles. Magic, witchcraft, wizardry.
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expectorate v	help, file
To cough up fluid from the lungs. To spit.
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nadir n	help, file
(astronomy): The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith. The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
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quaquaversal adj	help, file
Going off in all directions at once.
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exiguous adj	help, file
Extremely scanty; meager.
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synecdoche n	help, file
A form of metaphor, whereby an inclusive term stands for something included, or vice versa.
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bellwether n	help, file
Anything that indicates future trends.
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wroth adj	help, file
Full of anger; wrathful.
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assuage v	help, file
To lessen the intensity of; to pacify; to soothe.
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southpaw n	help, file
A left-handed person, especially in sports.
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