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Idyll (noun)

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A romantic interlude

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Oblong (adjective)

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A shape that deviates from a square, circular, or spherical form by elongation in one dimension (e.g.: a pill)

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Maverick (noun)

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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.

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Sumptuous (adjective)

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Luxurious

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Chassis (noun)

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The supporting frame of a structure (e.g.: the bottom skeleton of a car; the structure of a house or building)

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Ramshackle (adjective)

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Appearing ready to collapse; carelessly or loosely constructed

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Brackish (adjective)

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Somewhat salty; not appealing to the taste; repulsive/unpleasant (e.g.: a brackish personality)

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Adjudicate (verb)

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To settle judicially; to make a decision about who is right in a dispute

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Eminently (adverb)

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To a high degree; very

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Fabulist (noun)

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A liar; a creator or writer of fables

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Inscrutable (adjective)

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Not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood (e.g.: an inscrutable smile)

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To teem (verb)

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To become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantity

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Spool (noun)

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A cylindrical device which has a rim or ridge at each end and an axial hole for a pin or spindle and on which material (such as thread, wire, or tape) is wound

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Scathing (adjective)

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Bitterly severe (e.g.: a scathing remark)

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Harbinger (noun)

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Something that foreshadows a future event (i.e.: robins, crocuses, and other harbingers of spring); one that initiates a major change; a pioneer

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Comeuppance (noun)

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A deserved rebuke or penalty (i.e.: the abusive producer’s comeuppance is inevitable)

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Wisecrack (noun)

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A clever and/or sarcastic remark

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Slink (verb)

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To move in a sinuous provocative manner; to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame)

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Debauchery (noun)

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Extreme indulgence in bodily pleasures and especially sexual pleasures: behavior involving sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. that is often considered immoral; depravity

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Inured (to) (verb)

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To accustom to accept something undesirable (i.e.: he was inured to violence in his environment)

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Motley (adjective)

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Made up of many different people or things (i.e.: a motley collection of junk)

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Innocuous (adjective)

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Producing no injury; harmless

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Prescient (noun)

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Foreknowledge of events; foresight

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To harrumph (verb)

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To comment disapprovingly; to clear the throat in a pompous way

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Moot (adjective)

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Open to question; debatable

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Insular (adjective)

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Isolated (i.e.: insular residents of the small island)

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To balk (at) (verb)

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To refuse abruptly; to stop short and refuse to proceed

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Aphorism (noun)

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A concise statement of a principle

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Shear (verb)

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To cut or clip (such as grass or hair)

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Be shorn of (verb)

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To be deprived of something as if by cutting

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Contentious (adjective)

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Likely to cause disagreement or argument

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Stringent (adjective)

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Tight, constricted

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Bucolic (adjective)

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Relating to or typical of rural life

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Onslaught (noun)

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Something resembling an attack; an extremely fierce attack

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Desultory (adjective)

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Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose

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Evanescent (adjective)

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Tending to vanish like vapor

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Vouchsafe (verb)

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To give by way of reply (e.g.: he refused to vouchsafe an explanation); to grant as a privilege or special favor

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Saunter (verb)

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To stroll; walk in an idle or leisurely manner

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Fiddling (adjective)

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Petty

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Coil (noun)

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Turmoil; trouble

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Wreathe in (verb)

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Decorated with

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Demure (adjective)

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Reserved; modest

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Fortuitous (adjective)

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Occurring by chance

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Reedy (adjective)

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Slender; frail

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Ubiquity (noun)

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Presence everywhere or in many places simultaneously; omnipresence

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Tantalizing (adjective)

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Sparking desire or interest; out of reach

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Tantalizing (adjective)

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Arousing desire or interest; “mockingly” out of reach

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inanition (n.)

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exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment

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