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Flummox

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v. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

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Full-bore

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adj. Thoroughgoing; complete; total.

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Fulmination

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adj. explosive

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Gadfly

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n. A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.

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Garland

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n. A wreath or festoon, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

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Gibe

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n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt

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Gore

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v. To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

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Harbinger

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n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.

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Heretofore

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adv. Up to the present time; before this; previously.

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Hermeneutic

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adj. Interpretive; explanatory.

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Heuristic

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adj. Relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.

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Highhanded

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adj. Arrogant; overbearing

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Hinterland

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n. The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast.
n. A region remote from urban areas; backcountry.
n. A region situated beyond metropolitan centers of culture.

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Homily

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n. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
n. A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
n. An inspirational saying or platitude.

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Horatory

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adj. Marked by exhortation or strong urging

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Idealogue

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n. One given to fanciful ideas or theories.

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Ignominous

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adj. Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

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Importunate

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adj. Of a demand: persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

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Imputation

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n. The act of imputing or ascribing; attribution.

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Inchoate

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adj. In an initial or early stage; incipient

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Indemnify

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v. To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

v. To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury

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Infirmity

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n. A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
n. Frailty; feebleness.

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Ingenue

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n. An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

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Inscrutibale

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adj. Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

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Insipid

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adj. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty.

adj. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

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Interlocutor

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n. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.

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Interpolate

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v. To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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Investiture

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n. The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office.
n. An adornment or cover.

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Irascible

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adj. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

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Irredentist

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n. One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one’s nation but now subject to a foreign government.

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Jouissance

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n. Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.

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Jurisprudence

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n. The philosophy, science, and study of law and decisions based on the interpretation thereof

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Lacuna

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n. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

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Leitmotif

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n. A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
n. A recurring theme.

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Lithe

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adj. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches.

adj. Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer.

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Lubrious

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adj. Having a slippery or smooth quality.
adj. Shifty or tricky.
adj. Lewd; wanton.
adj. Sexually stimulating; salacious.

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Lummox

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n. A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

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Malfeasance

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n. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

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Malign

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adj. evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

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Manumit

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v. To release from slavery, to free

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Marrow

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n. Bone marrow.
n. The spinal cord.
n. The inmost, choicest, or essential part; the pith.
n. Strength or vigor; vitality.

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Masquerade

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n. A costume for such a party or ball.
n. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense: a masquerade of humility.
n. An involved scheme; a charade.

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Maxim

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n. A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.

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Melange

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n. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things

n. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.

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Meretricious

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adj. Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

adj. Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having no substance; falsely alluring.

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Messianic

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adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah, the Messiah.

adj. Of, relating to, or resembling messianism (Messianism).

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Mimetic

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adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry.

adj. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative.

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Monological

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Pertaining to or of the nature of monologue; fond of monologue.

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Mordant

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adj. biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

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Muckrake

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v. To search for and expose misconduct in public life.

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Nebulous

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adj. Cloudy, misty, or hazy.

adj. Lacking definite form or limits; vague: nebulous assurances of future cooperation.

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