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nuance n	help, file
A minor distinction. Subtlety or fine detail.
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gesticulate v	help, file
To make gestures or motions while speaking. To say or express through gestures.
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cartouche n	help, file
An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield. An oval figure containing hieroglyphics that represent the names of royal or divine people.
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slapdash adv	help, file
In a hasty or careless manner. Directly, right there.
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flibbertigibbet n	help, file
An offbeat, skittish person, especially of a young woman.
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pirouette v	help, file
To turn or whirl on the toes like a dancer.
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inimical adj	help, file
Harmful in effect. Unfriendly; hostile.
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banter v	help, file
To engage in good-humoured, playful conversation.
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puerile adj	help, file
Boyish, childish, silly.
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malapropism n	help, file
The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word in place of a similar sounding one. An absurdly inappropriate word that has been improperly used in place of a similar sounding word.
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docile adj	help, file
Ready to accept instruction or direction. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
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lunge v	help, file
To make a sudden forward movement.
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apostrophe n	help, file
(rhetoric) An exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent (orthography) The text character ’, used to mark the possessive case or show the omission of characters.
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lavish v	help, file
To expend or bestow with profusion; as, to lavish money or praise.
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xenial adj	help, file
Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners. Of the relation between a host and guest.
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calumniate v	help, file
To make hurtful untrue comments about someone; to slander.
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hegemony n	help, file
Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one group or nation over another.
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obstreperous adj	help, file
Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise. Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
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quintessentially adv	help, file
In a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
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oneirocritic adj	help, file
Of or related to the interpretation of dreams.
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negotiate v	help, file
To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
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eidolon n	help, file
An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form.
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pococurante adj	help, file
Apathetic, unconcerned, or nonchalant.
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sonorous adj	help, file
Noisy; producing much sound. Capable of making sound, such as a bell.
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talisman n	help, file
A small object worn or carried as a protection against evil or the supernatural.
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rhetorical adj	help, file
Part of or similar to rhetoric; pertaining to the use of language as a means to persuade.
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vilify v	help, file
To denounce or belittle through speech; to put down. To say defamatory things about someone or something.
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suppliant n	help, file
One who pleads or requests earnestly.
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