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Sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life. |
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1. A tendency to lie; untruthfulness.
2. An instance of lying; falsehood |
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1. To rise or roll in or like a great wave; surge.
2. To swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind.
3. To make rise, surge, swell.
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1. A great wave or surge of the sea.
2. Any surging mass. |
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1. Belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.
2. Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous.
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1. An endemic disease. |
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bandersnatch
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1. An imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
2. A person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., especially one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like. |
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One's own way, choice, or preference |
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1. Volcanic; of, pertaining to, or resembling Mount Vesuvius.
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1. A type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee. |
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1. An abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat.
2. A 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
3. A brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
4. A 12-point type, widely used for typewriters, having 10 characters to the inch. |
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A very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated. |
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A disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling. |
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1. Affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment.
2. Affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice; yellowed.
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1. In Pathology yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis.
2. Grasserie
3. A state of feeling in which views are prejudiced or judgment is distorted, as by envy or resentment.
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1. To distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment. |
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etiology
ee-tee-OL-uh-jee |
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1. In Pathology the study of the causes of diseases.
2. Any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics. |
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1. Of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.
2. Resembling flax.
3. Pertaining to flax.
4. Made of flax. |
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A theory or story of the origin and development of the universe. |
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1. With suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval.
2. With a side glance; sidewise; obliquely |
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A clumsy, stupid person. |
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1. Situated on the back
2. In Anatomy situated on or toward the upper side of the body, equivalent to the back, or posterior, in humans.
3. In Botany pertaining to the surface away from the axis, as of a leaf; abaxial.
4. In Phonetics articulated with the dorsum of the tongue.
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1. In Phonetics a dorsal speech sound.
2. In Anatomy a dorsal structure |
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adjective:
1. Open to discussion or debate; doubtful.
2. Of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
3. Chiefly Law Not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
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1. To present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
2. To reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
3. Archaic To argue (a case), especially in a mock court.
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1. An assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
2. An argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.
3. Obsolete A debate, argument, or discussion |
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Extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous. |
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1. Gaudy, showy and cheap.
2. Low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
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1. Cheap, gaudy apparel. |
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1. To recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.
2. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.
3. To allow to hang, droop, or dangle.
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1. The act of lolling.
2. A person or thing that lolls. |
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A sense of loneliness and anxiety; a state or condition characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people. |
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1. Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
2. Astonishment; wonder.
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1. Unexpected; strange; unusual |
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A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content |
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1. To spellbind; fascinate.
2. To hypnotize.
3. To compel by fascination. |
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animadvert
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1. To comment unfavorably or critically.
2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of |
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1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss. |
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1. Violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
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1. Scandinavian legend. An ancient Norse warrior who fought with frenzied rage in battle, possibly induced by eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. |
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sepulchral
suh-PUHL-kruhl |
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1. Proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
2. Of or pertaining to burial.
3. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
4. Hollow and deep: sepulchral tones. |
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thanatopsis
than-uh-TOP-sis |
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1. A view or contemplation of death.
2. A poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant. |
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nyctophobia
nik-tuh-FOH-bee-uh |
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An abnormal fear of night or darkness. |
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