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mayday interj
An expression used by aircraft and shipping to call for help or assistance
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cogent adj
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
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rax v
To stretch after sleep. To stretch, to reach out, to hand
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flourish n
A dramatic gesture, such as the waving of a flag. An ornamentation. (music) A ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare
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bogus adj
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. Undesirable or harmful. Incorrect, useless, or broken
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umpteenth num
(informal) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence
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deicide n
The killing of a god or goddess. The killer of a god or goddess
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overshorten v
To shorten too much; to make excessively or inappropriately short
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theosophic adj
Of or pertaining to a philosophy that holds that all religions have a portion of the truth
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evoke v
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination
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neither determ
Not one of two; not either
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couple-close n
(heraldry) A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs
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turncoat n
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance
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gubernatorial adj
Of or pertaining to a governor
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pleased as Punch adj
(colloquial) Pleased with one's own actions or achievements
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insofar as conj
To the extent that
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doge n
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
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windmill v
To rotate with a sweeping motion
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Ruritanian adj
Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction. Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, as used to state a general or hypothetical situation
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kinematic adj
Of or relating to motion or to kinematics
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don't shoot the messenger proverb
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news
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reveille n
The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers
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macaronic adj
(archaic) Jumbled, mixed. (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages
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egalitarian adj
Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people
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abjectly adv
With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion
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you-know-who pron
Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking
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incubus n
An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. A feeling of oppression during sleep; night terrors, a nightmare. Any oppressive thing or person; a burden
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vote with one's feet v
To express one's preferences through one's actions, by participating in or voluntarily withdrawing from an activity, group, or process
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life of Riley n
An ideal life of carefree prosperity and contentment
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henpeck v
(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently
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sans prep
Without, lacking
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