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Ilk

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A particular type

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Ichor

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Ochoa is the ethereal fluid that is the Greek Gods’ blood. It was considered to be golden in colour.

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Illicit

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Illegal or disapproved of by society

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Immolate

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To kill yourself or someone else, or to destroy something, usually by burning, in a ceremonial way.

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Impediment

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Something that makes progress, movement or unwanted, that is going to happen soon.

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Impetuous

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Tending to act on a sudden idea or wish, without considering the results of your actions.

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Impetus

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Something which encourages a particular activity or makes that activity more energetic or effective.

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Impinge

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To have an effect on something, often causing problems by limiting it in some way.

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Implacable

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Describes someone who has strong opinions or feelings which are impossible to change.

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Importune

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To make repeated forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or inconvenient.

To request sex with someone in return for payment.

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Imprecations

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A swear word

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Impregnable

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Powerful and impossible to beat, especially in sport.

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Impugn

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To cause people to doubt someone’s character, qualities or reputation by criticizing them.

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Impute

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To say that someone is responsible for something that has happened or that something is the cause of something else

To believe that someone or something has a particular characteristic, quality or meaning.

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Inane

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Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance.

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Incarnate

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In human form

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Incisive

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Expressing an idea or opinion in a clear and persuasive way.

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Inculcate

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To fix beliefs or ideas in someone’s mind, especially by repeating them often

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Indigent

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Very poor

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Infallible

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Never wrong, failing or making a mistake

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Infidel

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Someone who does not have the same religious beliefs as the person speaking

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Infraction

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When someone breaks a rule or law

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Infusion

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When one thing is added to another to make it stronger or better

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Inherent

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Existing as a natural or basic part of something

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Iniquity

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Very wrong and unfair

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Inoculate

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To give a weak form of a disease to a person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease.

Basically vaccination.

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Inordinate

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Unreasonably or unusually large in size or degree

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Inscrutable

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Not showing thoughts or emotions and therefore very difficult to understand or get to know

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Inter

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To bury a dead body

Inter- (between or among the states people, things or places)

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Intransigent

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Refusing to be persuaded, especially refusing to change opinions that are strongly believed in

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Intrinsic

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Being an extremely important part and basic characteristic of a person or thing

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Itinerant

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Traveling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period.

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Jackknife

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If a truck which has two parts jackknifes, one part swings round so far towards the other part that it cannot be driven.

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Jaded

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Lacking or losing interest because something has been experienced too many times.

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Jargon

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Special words and phrases used by particular groups of people, especially in their work. (Like terminology)
Idle, incessant or unintelligible talk

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Jejune

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Very simple or childish

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Jell

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To gel (to form a good relationship or make an idea more clear and fixed)

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Jeremiad

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A lamentation; a list of woes or complaints; a doleful tirade.
A long angry speech, usually of censure or denunciation.

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Jettison

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To get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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Jig

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An energetic traditional dance of Great Britain and Ireland, or the music that is prayed for such a dance.

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Jingoism

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The extreme belief that your own country is always best, which is often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against another country.

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Jitney

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A small bus that follows a regular route.

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Jocular

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Amusing or intended to cause amusement.

Describes someone who is happy and likes to make jokes.

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Jocund

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Full of good humour

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Joist

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A long thick piece of material used especially for construction.

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Journeyman

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A skilled worker who is qualified to work at their particular job and who usually works for someone else.
Any worker who produces good, but not excellent work.

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Joust

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To compete, especially for power or control.

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Jubilee

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The celebration of the day on which an important event happened many years ago.

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Judicious

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Having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions

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Juggernaut

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A very large heavy truck

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Juncture

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A particular point in time

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Junket

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A journey or visit made for pleasure by an official, which is paid for by someone else or is paid for with public money.
A trip, often a lengthy one.

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Junta

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A government, especially a military one, that has taken power in a country by force and not by election.

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Juxtapose

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To put things which are not similar next to each other.

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Kahuna

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A Hawaiian word, defined as “Priest, sorceror, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession”

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Ken

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The extent of someone’s perception or knowledge.

To know someone or something.

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Kerfuffle

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Noise, excitement, argument.

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Kibitz

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Look on at cards, or some other activity esp. offering unwanted advice.
To advance beyond the proper or customary limits.

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Kismet

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That which is inevitably destined

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Lacerating

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To cut or tear something, especially flesh.

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Laconic

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Using very few words to express what you mean.

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Lacunae

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An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing.
An interval or space resulting from a suspension.

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Laity

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All the people who are involved with a church but who are not priests.

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Lampoon

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A piece of writing, a drawing etc. which criticises in an amusing way a famous person or a public organisation, allowing their bad qualities to be seen and making them seem stupid.
Satirical or ludicrous imitation.

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Lapidary

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Stone cutter

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Largess

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Willingness to give money, or money given to poor people by rich people.

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Latent

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Present but not obvious.

Present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious or completely developed.

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Lathe

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A machine for changing the shape of a piece of wood, metal etc. which works by turning the material while a sharp tool is pressed against it.

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Laud

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To express warm approval of.

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Lee

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The side of hill, wall etc. that provides shelter from the wind.

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Leitmotif

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A phrase or other feature that is repeated frequently in a work of art, literature or especially music and that tells you something important about it.

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Lemming

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An animals that looks like a large mouse and lives in cold northern areas.
(like lemmings) foolishly, without thinking, and in large numbers.

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Liement

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An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the diagonally opposite line (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.

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Ligature

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A threat or wire used for tying something, especially a blood vessel.
That which unites or binds.

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Lineage

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The totality of one’s ancestors or of their qualities.

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Lion’s share

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The largest part or most of something.

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Lissome

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Attractively thin and able to move quickly and gracefully.

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Liturgy

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A particular set of words, music and actions used in ceremonies in some religions, especially in Christianity.
Behaviour that is prescribed by custom or by a code of conduct.

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Lodestar

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A star, especially the Pole Star, used to help find direction.
An example or principle that people want to follow.

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Lucidity

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Being of sound mind.

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Lulu

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Something which is extremely good or extremely bad/

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