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Dais |
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc. |
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Decant |
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment. |
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Agog |
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc. |
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Chastise |
to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment. |
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Incredulity |
the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe. |
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Heresy |
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system. |
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Inscrutable |
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. |
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Sardonic |
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering |
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Catacombs |
an underground cemetery, esp. one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs |
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Dowdy |
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned |
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Zeppelin |
a large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework which holds passengers and contains compartments or cells filled with gas |
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Sweetbreads |
the thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food |
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Lorgnette |
a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle. |
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Stolid |
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive. |
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Corrugated |
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges |
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Bludgeon |
a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other. |
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Mercenary |
working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal. |
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Soporific |
causing or tending to cause sleep |
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Ague |
a (malarial) fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits. |
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Seer |
1. a person who sees; observer. |
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Incessant |
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending |
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Drone |
a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound. |
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Infernal |
hellish; fiendish; diabolical |
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Reprove |
to criticize or correct, esp. gently |
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Despondency |
state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection. |
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Vigilance |
state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness |
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Repugnant |
distasteful, objectionable, or offensive |
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Placid |
pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: |
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Renegade |
a person who deserts a party or cause for another |
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Evanescent |
vanishing; fading away; fleeting |
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Vertigo |
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings |
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Tundra |
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America |
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Crucible |
a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures. |
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Clamber |
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. |
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Pallid |
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan |
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Uncanny |
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary |
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Pedantic |
ostentatious in one's learning. |
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Impassive |
without emotion; apathetic; unmoved. |
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Sever |
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting |
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Captor |
a person who has captured a person or thing |
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Perpetual |
continuing or enduring forever; everlasting |
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Sanguine |
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: |
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Languid |
lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
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Fledgling |
a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers |
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Inconspicuous |
not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent |
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Cutlery |
utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food |
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Talon |
a claw, esp. of a bird of prey |
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Innocuous |
not harmful or injurious; harmless |
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Writhe |
to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort |
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Phantasmagoria |
a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination |
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Unwieldy |
not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly |
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Bivouac |
A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area |
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Abate |
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish |
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Façade |
the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one. |
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Repulsive |
causing repugnance or aversion, disgusting |
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Bland |
pleasantly gentle or agreeable |
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Burnish |
1. to polish (a surface) by friction. |
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Plume |
a large, long, or conspicuous feather |
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Vulnerable |
capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon |
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Ravine |
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water |
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Formidable |
causing fear, apprehension, or dread |
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Haughty |
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant |
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Imperious |
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: |
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Zenith |
a highest point or state; culmination |
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Lurid |
lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red |
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Agitation |
a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance |
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Vault |
something likened to an arched roof: the vault of heaven. |
