New Words

Question 1

Babuina, n

Answer 1

A female baboon

Question 2

Pronation

Answer 2

The positioning of the hand or a forelimb with palm downwards or backwards

Question 3

Persiflage, n

Answer 3

Bantering talk; frivolous talk

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Quop

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To throb or pulse

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Cariad

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Sweetheart or lover

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Queek, v

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To screech or squeal

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Revanche

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Avenging an injury; retaliation

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jeu d’esprit

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A playful display of wit

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Jobsworth

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Abiding so close to rules as to forget common sense

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Nitid, adj

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Bright, shining,glossy

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engleimous, adj.

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Slimy, viscous

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Vernant

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Flourishing, spring

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Oologize

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To take eggs from birds nest

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Naufragous

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Causing shipwreck

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Faciate

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The facade or front of building

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Acculturate

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To adapt or assimilate

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Acatry

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Provisions; a place of storage of

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Nictation

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Winking or blinking

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Culturati

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Cultured people

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Abrazo

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An embrace in meeting or parting

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Palaver

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Dispute, misunderstanding

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Foodist

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A person with knowledge about food

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Nisus

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Endeavor or impulse or tendency

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Oubliette

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A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling

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Pas de deux

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A dance of two people

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Reticulate, v

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To divide, march or to interconnect

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Raptorial

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Predatory, bird of prey

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Ab ovo, adj.

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From the very beginning

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Obmutescence

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The state or condition of becoming mute

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Procryptic

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Markings in animals that allow blending in a background to hide from predators

Question 31

Bonsella, n.

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A bonus or gift or gesture of goodwill (s. African )

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Afterburn

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A lingering burning sensation

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Ortanique

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Cross between an orange and a tangerine

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Bagnio

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A brothel

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Crepuscular

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Relating to twilight

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Tousling

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Making untidy

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Imbroglio

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A confused, complicated and embarrassing situation.

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Obumbrative, adj.

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Overshadow

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Nystagmus

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Rapid movement of the eyeball

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Rux, n.

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An uproar

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Palter

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Shifty, to equivocate, quibble with. To toy or trifle with.

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Ambrosia

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Pleasant smelling

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zaatar

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wild tyme

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occultation

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concealment, hiding

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mirl, v.

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to move lightly or briskly, shimmer, quiver, tremble