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Billet-doux
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A love note; a sweet note
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Orifice
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A mouth an opening
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Exorcize
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To drive the devil out of; to drive the evil out of
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Bon mot
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A clever or witty saying; a clever use of words
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Bovine
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Pertains to cows
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Canard
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A false story deliberately set out to delude the public
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Nocturne
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A song for the night
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Myopia
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Nearsightedness
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Semantic
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Pertaining to the meanings of words
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Sororicide
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The act of killing ones sister
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Sorority
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A social organization for collage women
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Fraternal
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Brotherly; pertaining to brother.
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Fratricide
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Act of killing one’s brother (countryman)
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Redundant
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Needlessly repeated; repeated
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Entre nous
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Just between us confidentially
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Exhume
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To dig
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Mot juste
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Just the right word
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Parochial
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Pertaining to parish
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Resume
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A summary
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Martinet
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A strict disciplinarian
