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Demassify

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To break something into elements that appeal to individual tastes or special interest

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Brolly

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Umbrella

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Pickwickian

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Meant or understood in a sense different from The usual one

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Inutile

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Of no use or service

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Switcheroo

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An unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude , character , action

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Variorum

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Containing different versions of the text by various editors

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Sastruga

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Ridges formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind

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Eye some

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Pleasant. To look at

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Circumvolve

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To revolve or winde about

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Formication

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Something I scrawling underneath the skin

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Magniloquent

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Style , pompous

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Spondlicks

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Money cash

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Internate

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To make soft or tender

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Nonevent

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An occurrence of only superficial interest or content , a dull or insignificant occasion

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Furtherance

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The act of furthering promotion advancement

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Dendrucjonolgy

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Annul rings of the trees in determining the dates of past events

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Diddle

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To cheat , swindle , hoax

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Badinage

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Light, playful banter

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Caustic

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Severely critical or sarcastic

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Brume

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Mist;fog

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Galenical

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An herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug