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- BIOGRAPHYA person's life story, especially one published.
- PIRATEA criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
- PSEUDOAn intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
- SARDONICScornfully mocking or cynical.
- SCHEMAAn outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- SPHINCTERA ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological function
- STRATEGICOf or pertaining to strategy.
- TRAGICCausing great sadness or suffering.
- KISMETFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- MALAISEA feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
- SCARCITYThe condition of something being scarce or deficient.
- VELOURA knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
- GNASHTo grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
- SWINDLERA person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
- ANGULARRelating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- COMBINATEThe result of a combining of two or more components.
- COMPUTATIONThe act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- DAMASKAn ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- EXCLUDETo bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
- FLAGRANTObvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- MOROSESullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- MORSEA clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
- MUNDANEWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- PLEBSplural of pleb
- PRISTINEUnspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- RAVISHTo seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
- SIMILEA figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
- TRINITYA group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
- VERITYTruth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
- VILIFYTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- VISAGECountenance; one's face.
- VISCOUNTA member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- BRACKISHOf water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- EAGERLYIn an eager manner.
- POWERFULHaving, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- SPEARHEADThe pointed head, or end, of a spear.
- TRACINGThe reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
- UNCLEARAmbiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
- UNVEILEDsimple past and past participle of unveil
- WRETCHEDLYIn a wretched manner.
- WRONGFULwrong or unjust
- UNWRITTENNot written.
- ABSOLUTEFree of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimi
- ADVISEMENTConsideration or deliberation.
- OSPREYA bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
- PINCERSplural of pincer
- SHROUDThat which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- FEISTYTenacious, energetic, spunky.
- GRATEFULOf a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- LITMUSA dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
- SCRUPLEHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- HONORABLEBehaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
- BLIMEYUsed to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
- BODACIOUSAudacious and unrestrained.
- BOOKISHFond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
- BOOKISHLYIn a bookish manner.
- BRACINGpresent participle and gerund of brace
- DOPAMINEA monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
- DRAMATICSThe art of acting and stagecraft.
- EXCLUSIVITYThe quality of being exclusive.
- FASHIONABLYIn a fashionable manner.
- FLITTINGgerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
- GARISHLYIn a garish manner.
- GLAMOROUSHaving glamour; stylish, attractive.
- GRAVELYIn a grave or serious manner.
- GRISTLYResembling or containing gristle.
- JAMBOREEA boisterous or lavish celebration or party.
- MISGUIDEROne who misguides.
- MOTHERINGThe nurturing of a child by its mother.
- MUDDIERComparative form of muddy: more muddy.
- PLAGIARISMCopying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
- PRIVATELYIn a private manner.
- QUAGMIREDResembling a quagmire
- SHIFTILYIn a shifty manner.
- SHUNTERA railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
- SMOOCHERSomeone who smooches; a kisser.
- STINGERA pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- STINGRAYAny of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- SWELTERINGhot and humid; oppressively sticky
- UNCOUTHLYIn an uncouth manner.
- UNEXPLOREDWhich has not been explored.
- UNHOUSEDDriven from one's home.
- UNPLAITto undo or untwist plaited hair; to unbraid
- UNRIVALEDBeyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.
- UNVAILObsolete spelling of unveil.
- UNVERIFIEDNot yet confirmed; not verified.
- VISAGEDHaving a certain type of face.
- WHIMSICALGiven to whimsy.