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sponger
(noun; Syn, 3)
A person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others.
leech, parasite, or loaf.
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czardas
(noun)
A Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.
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onerous
(adj.; syn., 3; ant., 3)
Having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.
Syn: Arduous; austere; burdensome.
Ant: Common; easy; trivial.
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repine
(v; defs, 3)
To complain; fret; grumble.
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praemia vitae
(n; 1)
The rewards and delights of life.
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pontifex
(n; syns, 2)
Head of Catholic Church.
syn: bishop; pope.
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lampoon
(n; 3)
A parody, satire, or pasquil,
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shoal
(n; 3)
A sandbar, bank, or bar.
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harbinger
(n; 3)
an omen, sign, or herald.
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yawp
(v; 3)
to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
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phonology
(n; 3)
The study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation;
accent, articulation, or diction.
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spoonerism
(n; 3)
- a misspeaking, lapsus linguae, or solecism.
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Oedipus complex
(n; 1)
the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
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abdicate
(v; 3)
to abjure, abnegate, or demit.
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cede (v)
to abandon, surrender;
abalienate, abdicate, fold, remise, vouchsafe, waive
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charlatan (n)
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.
impostor, mountebank, fraud, fake, phony.
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tumult (n)
a violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob;
uproar, disorder, turbulence.
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strife (n)
a vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism;
difference, disagreement, contrariety, opposition.
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prolix (adj)
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length;
diffuse, lengthy, rambling, tedious, verbose, windy
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beset (v)
to attack on all sides;
assail, harass, encircle, enclose, besiege, beleaguer.
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amanuensis (n)
a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another;
assistant, agent, auditor, copyist, notary, recorder, registrar, secretary, stenographer, transcriber.
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barrister (n)
Informal - any lawyer.
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conveyance (n)
a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile;
car, carriage, carrying, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transportation, vehicle.
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apropos (adj)
fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
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vitriol (n)
something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism.
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actuary (n)
person who maintains financial accounts of abusiness.
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prattler (n)
person who talks a lot, spreads.
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asunder (adv)
apart; into pieces;
disconnected, disjoined, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, to shreds, torn.
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torpid (adj)
inactive or sluggish.
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compeer (n)
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
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stolid (adj)
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
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haggard (adj)
having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:
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amble (v)
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter:
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smote (v)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon:
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inexorable (adj)
unyielding; unalterable
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confabulation (n)
the act conversation or discussion.
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codicil (n)
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
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improvidence (n)
lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
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matron (n)
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
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languid (adj)
lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
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reverie (n)
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing
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