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- sepulchre
- a chamber that is used as a grave
- extol
- praise, glorify, or honor
- borzoi
- tall fast-moving dog breed
- reverberate
- be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
- aplomb
- great coolness and composure under strain
- rumbustious
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- chiropodist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- putrescible
- liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
- repartee
- adroitness and cleverness in reply
- wallop
- a severe blow
- glean
- gather, as of natural products
- modish
- in the current fashion or style
- defile
- spot, stain, or pollute
- remonstrate
- argue in protest or opposition
- theorize
- form or construct theories
- grange
- an outlying farm
- cerebrate
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- cruciform
- shaped like a cross
- catching
- becoming infected
- prefatory
- serving as an introduction or preface
- vacillation
- changing location by moving back and forth
- forecastle
- living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
- ado
- a rapid bustling commotion
- simper
- smile affectedly or derisively
- ergo
- (used as a sentenced connector) therefore or consequently
- pervasive
- spreading throughout
- quell
- suppress or crush completely
- substantive
- being the essence or essential element of a thing
- nosy
- offensively curious or inquisitive
- relict
- geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
- nether
- located below or beneath something else
- fandango
- a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time
- gallantry
- the qualities of a hero or heroine
- parsonage
- an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- sludge
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- ingenuous
- characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
- corporeal
- affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
- transitory
- enduring a very short time
- brash
- offensively bold
- cistern
- an artificial reservoir for storing liquids
- glimpse
- a quick look
- imperturbability
- calm and unruffled self-assurance
- pusillanimity
- contemptible fearfulness
- rampart
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- elicit
- derive by reason
- coquette
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- monomania
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
- premier
- be performed for the first time
- censure
- harsh criticism or disapproval
- codswallop
- nonsensical talk or writing
- changeling
- a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- schlep
- pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
- plebian
- common, pertaining to the common people
- hemidemisemiquaver
- a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
- repartee
- adroitness and cleverness in reply
- expeditiously
- in an efficient manner
- jocose
- characterized by jokes and good humor
- absolution
- the act of absolving or remitting
- defile
- spot, stain, or pollute
- careen
- pitching dangerously to one side
- hector
- be bossy towards
- ingenue
- the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
- raspy
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- troubadour
- a singer of folk songs
- nonplus
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- flunky
- a person of unquestioning obedience
- amass
- collect or gather
- abiding
- unceasing
- carousel
- large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
- fetter
- a shackle for the ankles or feet
- melee
- a noisy riotous fight
- premier
- the person who is head of state (in several countries)
- reverberate
- treat, process, heatl, metl, or refine in a reverberating furnace
- unbecoming
- not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- gossamer
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
- progeny
- the immediate descendants of a person
- overage
- surplus
- vinous
- of or relating to wine
- bloodcurdling
- extremely alarming
- besiege
- harass, as with questions or requests
- bestiary
- a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
- gaggle
- a flock of geese
- endanger
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- corporal
- a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
- margarine
- a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- duffer
- an incompetent or clumsy person
- anorak
- a kind of heavy jacket ('windcheater' is a British term)
- streamer
- long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising
- reprove
- take to task
- cyan
- a blue-green that is one of the primary pigments
- lowbrow
- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
- rapport
- sympathetic compatibility
- antagonize
- provoke the hostility of
- windfall
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- bishopric
- the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
- affable
- diffusing warmth and friendliness
- duteous
- willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
- lariat
- a long noosed rope used to catch animals
- indigenous
- originating where it is found
- disparage
- express a negative opinion of
- fastidious
- giving and careful attention to detail
- predilection
- a predisposition in favor of something
- broody
- a domestic hen ready to brood
- placid
- taking life easy
- liken
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- meridian
- an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
- frond
- compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
- careen
- pitching dangerously to one side
- overage
- too old to be useful
- immutable
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- tutelage
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety