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dilettante

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a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge

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peevish

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Having an irritable disposition

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Obtuse

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annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

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Frass

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Fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood from boring insects
Jamaican - high of weed

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sybaritic

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fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent

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In extremis

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in the farthest reaches” or “at the point of death”

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Squib

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a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.

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Incipient

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Beginning to develop

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Salvor

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Person engaged in salvage of a ship or lost items at sea

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Chthonic

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Of/Relating to the underworld

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estropear

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To break

Damage

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Milquetoast

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Timid, spineless, in assertive person who is easily dominated

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Compunction

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A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

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Sempiternal

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Eternal and unchanging, everlasting

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Eminence gris

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A men nons grez

Grey eminence

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In spate

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A sudden flood, outpouring

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Rootle

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Dig with the snout

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Sumptuary

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Relating to laws that limit private expenditure on food and personal items

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Impecunious

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Having little or no money

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Dirigisme

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Stare planning

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Exordial

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A introductory part, esp of a speech

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Pista

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Track

Court

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Abulia

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A lack of will or initiative. A disorder of diminished motivation

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Pentimenti

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Underlying image in a painting

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Lee

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The sheltered side of something

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Musth

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Periodic condition in bull elephants, caused by a surge in testosterone

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malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, esp in US

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Fustian

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Pretentious speech or writing

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Poner a raya

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To check

To hold back

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Homology

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shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes, in different species

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Non serviam

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I will not serve

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Invidious

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Likely to arouse resentment or anger in others

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Risible

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Provoking laughter through being ludicrous

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Ecumenical

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worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application

Involving all Christian churches

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Roué

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A debauched man, especially an elderly one

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Benighted

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Overtaken by darkness

In a state of pitiful intellectual or moral ignorance

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Sybarite

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Perdon devoted to pleasure and indulgence

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Vitrine

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Glass display case

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Benighted

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In a state of pitiful intellectual or moral ignorance

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Immiscible

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(of liquids) not forming a homogeneous mixture when mixed.

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