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Tchotchke

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Noun: a trinket

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Farrago

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Noun: a confused mixture, an assortment

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Crapulous

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Adj: given to excessive eating or drinking

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Voluptuary

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Noun: a person concerned with luxury, a sensualist

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Delectation

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Noun: a great pleasure

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Perorate

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  1. Verb: to speak at length

2. Verb: to sum up a lengthy speech

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Impecunious

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Adj: having no money

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Ambulatory

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Adj: Able to walk around

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Capacious

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Adj: spacious

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Precipitous

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  1. Adj: very steep

2. Adj: done in a hurry

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Salutary

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Adj: beneficial

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Ossify

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Verb: to turn into bone

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Sanctimonious

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Adj: hypocritically holy

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Carping

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Adj: critical, difficult to please

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Lummox

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Noun: a clumsy person

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