 | Term | Definition |
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Asperity |
roughness or harshness of tone, temper, or manner |
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Undulatory |
having the form or appearance of waves |
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Surreptitious |
obtained or done secretively |
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Raillery |
light, good-natured ridicule |
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Proclivity |
a natural or habitual tendency or inclination |
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Teetotaler |
a person who abstains totally from intoxicating drink |
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Perdition |
a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of soul; damnation- hell; the future state of the wicked |
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Rectify |
to remedy or correct |
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Phiopena |
a nut with two kernels |
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Pumel |
to beat with fists |
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Vermin |
any of various destructive insects or small animals; a vile person |
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Embellishment |
an ornament; a fictitious addition |
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Guilelessly |
straightforwardly, sincerely |
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Cartel |
an association of political groups acting towards a common goal; a written agreement between hostile parties |
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Aldermanic |
like a person of rank or dignity |
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Supposititious |
fraudently substituted; spurious |
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Miscreant |
a vicious person; villain |
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Abaft |
behind |
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Mountebanks |
a charlatan or quack; a person who pretends special knowledge they do not have; a fraud |
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Atrophied |
degenerated, declined from disuse |
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Accesion |
the act of coming into possession of a right, title, or office |
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Profligate |
utterly and shamelessly immoral |
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Moon |
to gaze dreamily or sentimentally at someone or something |
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Gravel |
to bring to a standstill from perplexity |
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