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Lesion (n)

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Any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part.

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Swatch (n)

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A sample piece of cloth.

Coloured swatches.

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Becalm (v)

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Make steady, stop being excited.

The wind never arrived, and the boats were left becalmed.

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Jowls (n)

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The lower part of a person’s or animal’s cheek.

She had a large nose and heavy jowls.

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Graft (n)

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Surgically transplanted living tissue OR bribery and other corrupt practices.

She had a skin graft.

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Bier (n)

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A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.

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Dappled (adj)

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Having spots or patches of color.

The horse’s dappled flank.

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Languid (adj)

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Lacking spirit or being weak.

She was pale, languid, and weak.

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Apothecary (n)

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A person trained in preparing and dispensing drugs.

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Risible (adj)

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Arousing or provoking laughter.

A risible film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls..

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Exegesis (n)

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An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of scriptures).

The task of biblical exegesis.

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Shears (n)

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Large scissors with strong blades.

When cutting roses, always use a sharp, clean pair of shears.

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Coiffe (v)

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Arrange attractively.

Coiffe my hair for the wedding.

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Statuesque (adj)

[stach-oo-esk]

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Suggestive of a statue, of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.

Their frozen, statuesque attitudes irked her.

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Scrimmage (n)

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A noisy riotous fight.

The dispute over land led to a scrimmage.

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Filament (n)

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A threadlike structure (as a chain like series of cells).

Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments.

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Sheaf (n)

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A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.

The corn and barley had to be sheafed.

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Wearisome (adj)

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Lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.

They have schedules that tell them in wearisome detail.

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Quiver (n)

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The act of vibrating or case for holding arrows.

The tree’s branches stopped quivering.

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Guttural (adj)

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Like the sounds of frogs and crows.

A guttural voice.

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Molting(n)

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Periodic shedding of the cuticle or the outer skin in animals.

The adult birds were already molting.

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Capacious (adj)

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Large in capacity.

She carried a capacious bag.

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Mollify (v)

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To soften in feeling; pacify.

The women hoped to mollify the harsh wilderness environment.

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Saurian (adj)

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Of or relating to lizards.

A table with saurian legs.

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Panegyric (n)

[Pane geric]

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Formal speech or text in praise of something.

A panegyric on the pleasures of malt whisky.

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Tableau (n)

[Tablo]

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A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story.

In the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux.

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Suppurate (v)

[suhp-yuh-rate]

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Ripen and generate pus.

Her wounds are suppurating.

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Glabrous (adj)

[Glebrous]

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Having no hair or similar growth.

Smooth glabrous stems.

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Askance (adv)

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With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.

The reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition.

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Marquee (n)

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A very large tent that is used for parties, shows, etc.

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Asinine (adj)

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Extremely silly or stupid.

Lydia ignored his asinine remark.

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Deracinated (v)

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Uproot (someone) from their natural environment.

A deracinated writer who has complicated relations with his working-class background.

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Xenophobia (n)

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A fear of foreigners or strangers.

Racism and xenophobia are steadily growing in Europe.

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Ilk (n)

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A kind of person.

We’ll not see people of his ilk again.

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Mottled (adj)

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Having spots or patches of color.

Green leaves that are heavily mottled with chocolate.

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Languid (adj)

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Lacking spirit or liveliness, a lackadaisical attempt.

His languid demeanor irritated her.

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Wallow (n)

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An indolent or clumsy rolling about.

A good wallow in the water.

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Libation (n)

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The act of pouring a liquid offering as a religious ceremony.

He poured the libation of rum on the ground.

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Exemplar (n)

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Something to be imitated.

An exemplar of success.

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Puerile (adj)

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Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity .

A puerile argument.

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Bogey (n)

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An evil spirit or ghost.

Bogeys and other unpleasant denizens of the night.

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Ministration (n)

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Assistance in time of difficulty.

The ministrations provided some relief for the victims.

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Masochist (n)

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Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment.

What kind of masochist would take part in such an experiment?

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Misogynist (n)

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A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular.

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Misanthrope (n)

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Someone who dislikes people in general.

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Recreant (adj)

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Lacking even the rudiments of courage, abjectly fearful.

What a recreant figure must he make.

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Minutiae (n)

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A small or minor detail.

He had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code.

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Insuperable (adj)

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Impossible to surmount, incapable of being surmounted or excelled.

Insuperable financial problems.

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Egregious (adj)

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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

Egregious abuses of copyright.

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Sinew (n)

[Seenew]

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A piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone.

The sinews in her neck stood out.

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Vicariously (adv)

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Indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute.

She enjoyed the wedding vicariously.

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Seine (n)

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A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom.

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Aegis (n)

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Kindly endorsement and guidance.

The tournament was held under the auspices of the city council.

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Detritus (n)

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The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

The streets were foul with detritus.

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Reproach (n)

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A mild rebuke or criticism.

Words of reproach, disgrace or shame.

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Stochastic (adj)

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Being or having a random variable.

A stochastic variable.

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Scurrilous (adj)

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Expressing offensive reproach.

Scurrilous attacks did not disuade him.

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Foist (v)

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To force onto another.

He foisted his work on me.

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Subsume (v)

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Contain or include.

This new system subsumes the old one.

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Insurrection (n)

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Organized opposition to authority, a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.

The insurrection was savagely put down.

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Epitaph (n)

[Epitaf]

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An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.

A poignant epitaph to his creative career.

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Epithet (n)

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Descriptive word or phrase attributing a quality.

Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’.

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Ingenue (n)

[Angenue]

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The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play.

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Nous (n)

[NAus]

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Common sense, practical intelligence.

If he had any nous at all, he’d sell the film rights.

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Obsequious (adj)

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Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.

Obsequious shop assistants.

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Concomitant (adj)

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A phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

She loved travel, with all its concomitant worries.

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Credence (n)

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Belief in or acceptance of something as true.

Psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen.

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Electuary (n)

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A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.

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Declension (n)

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A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms.

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Rafter (n)

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One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.

The rafters above his bed.

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Scowl (n)

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A facial expression of dislike or displeasure.

She stamped into the room with a scowl on her face.

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Tithe (n)

[Taief]

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One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax.

He gives 10 percent of his income as tithe.

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Bellow (n)

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A very loud utterance (typically in pain or anger).

He bellowed in agony.

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Billow (n)

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A large undulating mass of cloud, smoke, or steam.

Billows of smoke left the chimneys of the factory.

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Pew (n)

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Long bench with backs, used in church by the congregation.

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Insouciant (adj)

[insoosiant]

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Marked by blithe unconcern.

An insouciant shrug.

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Aver (v)

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To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.

He averred that he was innocent of the allegations.

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Fecundity (n)

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The quality of something that causes or assists fertility.

The immense fecundity of his imagination made an impact on English literature.

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Preclude (v)

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Keep from happening or arising, make impossible.

My sense of tact precludes an honest answer.

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Louring (v)

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Dark and threatening.

A day of louring cloud.

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Turnstile (n)

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A gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms.

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Swaddle (v)

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Wrap in swaddling clothes,

Swaddled the infant in warm clothes.

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Solicitude (n)

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A feeling of excessive concern.

I was touched by his solicitude.

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Cussed (adj)

[kASID]

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Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing or being annoying.

Why do you have to be so cussed?

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Pique (n)

[peek]

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A sudden outburst of anger.

He stormed from the room in a fit of pique.

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Epitaph (n)

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An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.

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Indolent (adj)

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Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.

They were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure.

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Macadamized (v)

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Surface with macadam.

Macadam the road.

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Remonstrate (v)

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Argue in protest or opposition.

She remonstrated at legalized vice.

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Parquet (n)

[parki]

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The ground floor of a theater or auditorium, especially the orchestra pit.

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Disavow (v)

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Deny any responsibility or support for.

The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence.

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Sallow (adj)

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Unhealthy looking.

Her sallow complexion was cause for worry.

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Abjure (v)

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Formally reject a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.

MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance.

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Grove (n)

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Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.

An olive grove.

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Prurient (adj)

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Characterized by lust or excessive interest in sex.

She was the subject of prurient curiosity.

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Seminary (n)

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A theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis.

He went to a seminary to study for the priesthood.

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Pillory (v)

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A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck OR attack, ridicule publicly.

He found himself pilloried by members of his own party

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Pathos (n)

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A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow).

The actor injects his customary pathos into the role.

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Eulogy (n)

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An expression of praise for someone who has died.

The sermon delivered an eulogy on the dead father.

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Quiescent (adj)

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Causing no symptoms(pathology).

A quiescent tumor.

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