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- PRUDEA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- PULCHRITUDEPhysical beauty.
- PUTRIDRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- RAPACIOUSVoracious; avaricious.
- REPUDIATETo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SAVANTA person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SEDITIONOrganized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- TENACIOUSClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- TORRIDVery hot and dry.
- TREPIDTimid, timorous, fearful.
- TUBERA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- USURPTo seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
- UVULAEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
- VACUOUSEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
- VAGARYAn erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
- VELUMA thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. The soft palate. A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relati
- VENOUSOf or pertaining to veins.
- VINDICATETo clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- VOWELA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
- VULGARITYThe quality of being vulgar.
- BOTCHTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
- WAINSCOTAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- BOASTFULTending to boast or brag.
- CRUSTYHaving a crust, especially a thick one.
- GAUNTAngular, bony, and lean.
- LOUSYUnwanted and often unpleasant.
- TITTERTo laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- TYREThe ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
- VEXEDannoyed, irritated or distressed
- WOEFULFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- BUFFUndyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- GIMLETA small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- PLUNDERTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- CHICElegant, stylish.
- SWARTHYTawny, dusky, dark.
- EPILOGUEA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- GENTRYBirth; condition; rank by birth.
- LAVISHExpending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
- PILFERTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- REBUTTo drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- GEYSERA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- GLUTTONGluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- TALCOriginally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referr
- BRISKETThe chest of an animal.
- BUTTRESSA brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- GRUFFhaving a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
- HINDERTo make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- PLOUGHA device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- SMELTAny small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
- WENCHA girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
- WRANGLETo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an a
- APHIDA sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- COURAGEThe quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- EXUDETo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- GUILEAstuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
- HAREAny of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
- JOVIALCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- OBSCUREDark, faint or indistinct.
- OPULENTLuxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
- ORGANISMA discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
- RELISHFlavour or taste; an instance of this. Followed by for: one's liking or taste for something; a fondness. A small amount; a tinge, a trace.
- RIBALDCoarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
- RIFEWidespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
- SCRUPLEHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- SHEENBeautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
- SIEVEA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- STAGAn adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
- VAGRANTA person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
- VALIDWell-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- VERBOSEContaining or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
- WRITHETo twist, wring (something).
- HADRONA composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.
- OPALA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone fou
- BALSAA large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
- MATADORThe person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- BIGAMOUSinvolving bigamy
- BIPEDALWalking on two feet or two legs; biped.
- BOGUSCounterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- CHUGA dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
- CHUNKYHaving chunks.
- DEFIANTLYIn a defiant manner.
- DUALISMDuality; the condition of being double.
- DUMBWAITERA small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
- EPIDURALSituated on or outside the dura mater.
- FEVEROUSaffected with a fever.
- FUNGICIDEA substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms.
- GAWPTo stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
- GLUTEA gluteal muscle.
- GRAHAMFlour made by grinding wheat berries including the bran.
- GRIFFClipping of griffin.
- GUFFNonsensical talk or thinking.
- GUMPClipping of gumption
- HEDONISTICDevoted to pleasure.
- HEWNMade or crafted by cutting, whittling down.