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precocious adj	help, file
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity. Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
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hedonism n	help, file
(philosophy): The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life.
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sublimate v	help, file
(physics): 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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turquoise n	help, file
A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
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cascade v	help, file
To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. To occur as a causal sequence.
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haggard adj	help, file
Looking exhausted and unwell. Wild, untamed.
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predilection n	help, file
Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity.
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benthic adj	help, file
Living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
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humble v	help, file
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to humiliate. To make meek or lowly in mind; to make submissive.
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semiotics n	help, file
The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
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monotone n	help, file
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
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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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cloister n	help, file
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
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serendipity n	help, file
A fortunate occurrence created by unanticipated luck.
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ingenue n	help, file
An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome girl or young woman.
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ardor n	help, file
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
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kinkajou n	help, file
A carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail.
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memento n	help, file
A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
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valetudinarian adj	help, file
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
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asthenia n	help, file
Weakness; loss of strength.
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paradiorthosis n	help, file
A false correction.
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enticing adj	help, file
Anyone or anything which entices, is alluring, attractive or charming.
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ochlocracy n	help, file
Mob rule; government by the masses.
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zeugma n	help, file
The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one or in different ways.
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dyscalculia n	help, file
(pathology) Difficulty in solving mathematical problems.
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autodidactic adj	help, file
Of, relating to, or being self-taught.
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xenogenetic adj	help, file
Being of foreign origin; having originated elsewhere.
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procrustean adj	help, file
Producing or designed to produce strict conformity by ruthless or arbitrary means; marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances.
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