Feb 05
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circumambient:
surrounding; encompassing.
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ukase:
an edict.
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discursive:
rambling; also, marked by analytical reasoning.
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pukka:
genuine; also, first-class.
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kvetch:
to complain habitually.
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brio:
vigor; vivacity.
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importunate:
troublesomely urgent.
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dishabille:
the state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
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purblind:
having greatly reduced vision.
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asseverate:
to affirm or declare positively or earnestly.
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celerity:
quickness; swiftness.
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nefarious:
wicked in the extreme.
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inamorata:
a woman whom one is in love with.
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diffident:
bashful or unassertive.
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polymath:
a person of great or varied learning.
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fiduciary:
relating to the holding of something in trust for another.
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perspicacity:
clearness of understanding.
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faineant:
doing nothing; idle; also, a do-nothing.
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mellifluous:
flowing sweetly or smoothly.
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eschew:
to shun; to avoid.
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mulct:
to defraud.
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paean:
a song or other expression of praise or joy.
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incipient:
beginning to exist or appear.