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Sybarite

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A devotee of pleasure

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Aesthete

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A devotee of beauty

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Squamous

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Scaly

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Offal

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The unused parts in the production of meat

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Flagon

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A container designed to hold wine, can be a large bottle

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Glut

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To feed excessively

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Milliner

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One who makes hats

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Cooper

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One who makes casks

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Corpus delicti

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A legal phrase meaning “material substance of a crime”

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Amicus curiae

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A legal phrase meaning “friend of the court”

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Julienne

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To cut into strips for cooking

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Sommelier

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One who recommends a good or appropriate wine

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Sphygmomanometer

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A device used to measure blood pressure

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Meerschaum

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A type of smoking pipe

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Seersucker

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A type of fabric

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Sere

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Arid, dry

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of public spaces

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Zither

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A type of string instrument

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Hepatic

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Having to do with the liver

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Otic

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Having to do with the ear

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Granivorous

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Having a diet primarily of seeds, grains, or nuts

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Piscivorous

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Having a diet primarily of fish

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Apian

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Referring to bees

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Surfeit

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A synonym for plethora

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Surcease

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To cease, to stop

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Encomium

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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

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Oneiric

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Having to do with dreams

28
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Fluvial

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Having to do with rivers

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Patella

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A kneecap

30
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Etiolate

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To become pale

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Ossify

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To become rigid

32
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Nostrum

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A false or dubious remedy

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Torus

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A donut shaped solid

34
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Erg

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A unit of measurement for work

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Ampere

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A unit of measurement for electrical current

36
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Macerate

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To soften

37
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Consonance

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The repetition of the same sounds at the end of words

38
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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words

39
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Numismatology

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The study of money

40
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Supercilious

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Arrogant, contumelious

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Contumelious

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Arrogant, supercilious

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Prolix

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Talkative, verbose, voluble

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Truncheon

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A type of stick

44
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Sycophant

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One who flatters, a flatterer

45
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Demur

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To object to or doubt, the opposite of accept

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Cask

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A large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal, or plastic, used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks

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Daguerreotype

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A primitive type of photograph

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Voluble

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, loquacious, garrulous

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Hermetic

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Airtight

50
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Truculent

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Ferocious

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Stone

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A unit of measurement for weight, 1 stone = 14 lbs.

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Garrulous

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, loquacious, voluble

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Loquacious

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, garrulous, voluble

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Noisome

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Putrid, having a foul odor

57
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Nephology

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The study of clouds

58
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Sui genera

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Latin for “one of a kind”

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