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rapier |
a long, slender, two-edged sword with a cuplike hilt, used in the 16th and 17th centuries |
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miscarry |
to fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project |
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mar |
to inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of |
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resitution |
act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury |
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minion |
a subordinate official, a darling |
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strumpet |
a woman prositute |
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malice |
a desire to harm others or to see others suffer, extreme ill will or spite |
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anon |
in a short ime; soon |
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alabaster |
a dense transulcent, white, or tinted fine-grained gypsum |
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promethean |
boldly creative; defiantly original |
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portent |
an indication of something important or calamitous about to occur, an omen |
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perjury |
the deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath |
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conception |
something conceived in the mind; a concept, plan, design, idea, or thought |
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zounds |
used to express anger, surprise, or indignation |
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commend |
to express approval of; praise |
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recognizance |
a pledge, a token |
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pernicious |
causing great harn (deadly); destructive; evil and wicked |
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odious |
arousing or meriting string dislike or intense displeasure |
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apt |
exactly suitable, appropriate |
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amorous |
strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love |
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