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rarity n	help, file
A rare object. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
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awry adj	help, file
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
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dally v	help, file
To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle. To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
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moronic adj	help, file
(medicine) Having a mental age of between seven and twelve years. (slang) Behaving in the manner of a moron; idiotic, stupid.
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bishopric n	help, file
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
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imprint v	help, file
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
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plebeian adj	help, file
Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common.
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fetish n	help, file
Something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers. An irrational, or abnormal, fixation or preoccupation.
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sequester v	help, file
To separate from all external influence. To separate in order to store.
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accrue v	help, file
To augment; to be added as increase, profit, or damage. (accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
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logomachy n	help, file
Dispute over the meaning of words A conflict waged only as a battle of words.
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belligerent adj	help, file
Of or pertaining to war. Engaged in war, warring. Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
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foist v	help, file
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. To force another to accept, especially by stealth or deceit.
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treacle n	help, file
A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup. Cloying sentimental speech.
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highfalutin adj	help, file
(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard.
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suffice v	help, file
To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed.
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tulgey adj	help, file
Thick, dense, dark.
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creek n	help, file
(India, UK) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. (Australia, Canada, US) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
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muster v	help, file
To collect and display; to assemble. To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
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wormily adv	help, file
In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.
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consequently adv	help, file
As a result or consequence of something.
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extrapolate v	help, file
To infer by extending known information. (mathematics) To estimate a value outside a known range by using values within that range.
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kwassa kwassa n	help, file
A dance rhythm from the Congo (DRC), where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips.
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nuncupative adj	help, file
Oral; not written. (obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory. (obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
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zoinks interj	help, file
Expressing surprise, fear, etc.
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tomnoddy n	help, file
The puffin. A fool or dunce.
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double entendre n	help, file
A phrase that has two meanings, one innocent and literal, the other risque or bawdy; an innuendo.
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gregarious adj	help, file
Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing. (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
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withhold v	help, file
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving back to its owner. To keep (information, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing. To retain or keep back; not to grant.
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saucy adj	help, file
Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart. Impudently bold; cheeky; piquant. Mildly erotic.
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Ragnarok n	help, file
(Norse mythology) The final battle between gods and giants, involving all creation which denotes the end of the world as it is known and almost all life.
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