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| 7328812288 | Philistine- n | an uncultured person that rejects culture | 0 | |
| 7328812289 | On Tenterhooks- prep phrase | to be in a state of great anticipation | 1 | |
| 7328873236 | Belie- v | to make false; to turn into a lie | 2 | |
| 7328875608 | Edification- n | the intellectual building up of a person | 3 | |
| 7328877514 | Onus- n | a burden | 4 | |
| 7328879479 | Wont- n | custom | 5 | |
| 7328882593 | Scuttlebutt- n | word on the street | 6 | |
| 7328884852 | Dichotomy- n | a sharp division between related things that creates conflict | 7 | |
| 7328887043 | Tenuous- adj | dangerously unstable | 8 | |
| 7328895721 | Mot Juste- n | perfect word for the occasion | 9 | |
| 7329056900 | to be on tenterhooks | phrase used with On Tenterhooks | 10 | |
| 7329068011 | things that stretch fabric | what are tenterhooks? | 11 | |
| 7329081283 | for your own edification | phrase used with edification | 12 | |
| 7329089691 | latin | what is the word edification from? | 13 | |
| 7329093734 | edify | verb form of edification | 14 | |
| 7330098240 | as is my wont | phrase used with wont | 15 | |
| 7330103842 | dichotomize | verb form of dichotomy | 16 | |
| 7330110295 | latin "tenere" to hold | tenuous come from | 17 | |
| 7330112851 | french | mot juste comes from | 18 | |
| 7330114932 | fitting word | mot juste in french means | 19 | |
| 7413606321 | Lothario- n | ladies man | 20 | |
| 7413609264 | Charlatan- n | a fraudulent leader | 21 | |
| 7413611072 | Bane- n | a hated thing | 22 | |
| 7413611073 | Nominal- adj | a very small fee | 23 | |
| 7413613086 | Hackneyed- adj | an overused expression | 24 | |
| 7413614017 | Tête-à-Tête- n | a conversation between two people | 25 | |
| 7413615141 | Sinecure- n | a job that requires no work | 26 | |
| 7413615142 | Chutzpah- n | spunk | 27 | |
| 7413616902 | Nuance- n | a subtle difference in meaning or shade | 28 | |
| 7413616903 | Existential Crisis- n | when you question the meaning of your existence | 29 | |
| 7413626939 | Lothario | word that comes from a book | 30 | |
| 7413628827 | the bane of my existence | phrase that goes with bane | 31 | |
| 7413636978 | a nominal fee | phrase that goes with nominal | 32 | |
| 7413638672 | nomen | root of the word nominal | 33 | |
| 7413642518 | french | origin of Tête-à-Tête | 34 | |
| 7413644771 | head to head | what does Tête-à-Tête literally mean | 35 | |
| 7413645969 | yiddish | origin of Chutzpah | 36 | |
| 7525813863 | wanderlust- n | innate desire to roam | 37 | |
| 7525817927 | bravado- n | inflated sense of bravery | 38 | |
| 7525817928 | apropos- adj | fitting for the occasion/ appropriate | 39 | |
| 7525821064 | nom de plume- n | Pen name used by authors | 40 | |
| 7525821065 | Soupçon- n | a tiny amount | 41 | |
| 7525823349 | squalor- n | filthy conditions | 42 | |
| 7525823350 | lore- n | a body of knowledge related to mythical ancient things | 43 | |
| 7525823351 | pedestrian- adj | ordinary | 44 | |
| 7525826843 | commiserate- v | to empathize with one's sorrow or misery | 45 | |
| 7525829326 | deus ex machina- n | something that solves a conflict immediately and randomly | 46 | |
| 7525868060 | german | origin of wanderlust | 47 | |
| 7525870229 | Italian/ Spanish | origin of bravado | 48 | |
| 7525874737 | french | origin of apropos | 49 | |
| 7525879757 | latin | origin of commiserate | 50 | |
| 7526052396 | com= with miser= suffering | break down commiserate in latin | 51 | |
| 7526061314 | latin | origin of deus ex machina | 52 | |
| 7526068251 | God from the machine | what does deus ex machina mean in latin | 53 | |
| 7526075931 | name of feather | what does nom de plume mean in french | 54 | |
| 7526079306 | french | origin of nom de plume | 55 | |
| 7753779812 | goad- v | to coax | 56 | |
| 7753783606 | Bon Vivant- n | someone who likes the good life | 57 | |
| 7753811596 | Nascent- adj | just beginning to be born | 58 | |
| 7753814135 | Glower- v | to scowl | 59 | |
| 7753818204 | Self-deprecating- adj | mocking oneself | 60 | |
| 7753821354 | Nebulous- adj | unclear; confusing | 61 | |
| 7753825069 | Subterfuge- n | an act of deception | 62 | |
| 7753827905 | Contrite- adj | remorseful and attempting to atone | 63 | |
| 7753831513 | Hirsute- adj | hairy | 64 | |
| 7753833962 | Schadenfreude- n | enjoyment of other people's' pain; sadism | 65 | |
| 7753842206 | french | what is the origin of bon vivant? | 66 | |
| 7753845882 | good living | what does bon vivant translate to in French? | 67 | |
| 7753852604 | latin | what is the origin of nascent? | 68 | |
| 7753857630 | to be born | what does nascent mean in latin? | 69 | |
| 7753863176 | contrition | what is the noun form of contrite? | 70 | |
| 7753872327 | german | what is the origin of Schadenfreude? | 71 | |
| 7753872328 | you HAVE Schadenfreude | how do you use Schadenfreude? | 72 | |
| 7985944261 | insipid- adj | bland; tasteless | 73 | |
| 7985947448 | verbiage- n | wordiness | 74 | |
| 7985951996 | neologism- n | a newly coined word | 75 | |
| 7985956943 | mano a mano- adv | to go hand to hand; combat | 76 | |
| 7985963569 | Savoir Faire- n | know- how | 77 | |
| 7985966908 | motley- adj | assorted random; colorful | 78 | |
| 7985971156 | condone- v | to implicitly support; to not object to | 79 | |
| 7985974414 | gravitas- n | intellectual weight | 80 | |
| 7985978476 | Et tu, ...?- exp | and you to | 81 | |
| 7985982184 | Bildungsroman- n | a coming of age story | 82 | |
| 7985987284 | french | what is the origin of Savoir Faire? | 83 | |
| 7985994893 | to know to do | what does Savoir Faire mean in french? | 84 | |
| 7986071822 | latin | what is the origin of gravitas? | 85 | |
| 7986104539 | julius caesar | what is et tu an allusion to? | 86 | |
| 7986108425 | german | what is the origin of bildungsroman? | 87 | |
| 8169548359 | albeit- conj | whether; though | 88 | |
| 8169551764 | plight- n | a struggle | 89 | |
| 8169555531 | elucidate- v | to clarify | 90 | |
| 8169561073 | kitsch- n | tacky collectables | 91 | |
| 8169565867 | byzantine- adj | overly complicated | 92 | |
| 8169568369 | untoward- adj | inappropriate | 93 | |
| 8169573737 | renege- v | to go back on one's word | 94 | |
| 8169581279 | pique- v | to sting or prick | 95 | |
| 8169584992 | motif- n | something that repeats | 96 | |
| 8169588389 | spoonerism- n | have two words and flip flop the first letter of each word | 97 | |
| 8169595246 | latin | what is the origin of elucidate? | 98 | |
| 8169603864 | light | what does "lux" mean in latin in reference to elucidate? | 99 | |
| 8169608765 | yiddish | what is the origin of kitsch? | 100 | |
| 8169612302 | kitschy | what is the adjective form of kitsch? | 101 | |
| 8169618666 | french | what is the origin of pique? | 102 | |
| 8780293938 | languish- v | to waste away | 103 | |
| 8780297025 | brouhaha- n | a commotion that dies down quickly | 104 | |
| 8780299966 | furtive- adj | quick and sneaky | 105 | |
| 8780309271 | elicit- v | to draw/ bring out | 106 | |
| 8780311674 | integral- adj | critical/ essential | 107 | |
| 8780318180 | opus- n | a work | 108 | |
| 8780320806 | ad hoc- adj | designed for a specific purpose | 109 | |
| 8780326357 | unctuous- adj | oily, slimy, greasy | 110 | |
| 8780374690 | Mazel Tov- exp | congratulations | 111 | |
| 8780379819 | Raison D'être- n | one's reason for living | 112 | |
| 8780388933 | french | what is the origin of brouhaha? | 113 | |
| 8780394861 | latin | what is the origin of opus? | 114 | |
| 8780400949 | latin | what is the origin of ad hoc? | 115 | |
| 8780406019 | "to this (purpose)" | what does ad hoc mean in latin? | 116 | |
| 8780410784 | latin | what is the origin of unctuous? | 117 | |
| 8780414395 | to appoint with oil | what does the latin form of unctuous "unguere" mean? | 118 | |
| 8780424755 | yiddish | what is the origin of Mazel Tov? | 119 | |
| 8780429355 | french | what is the origin of Raison D'être? | 120 | |
| 9049769993 | to fritter away- v | to waste in slow increments | 121 | |
| 9049774104 | Red herring- n | a misleading clue | 122 | |
| 9049777146 | tome- n | a big, heavy, thick book | 123 | |
| 9049782169 | yore- n | days gone by | 124 | |
| 9049786453 | complicit- adj | being involved in something nefarious | 125 | |
| 9049788839 | disdain- n | looking down on something and feeling superior to it | 126 | |
| 9049792375 | High-falutin- adj | fancy, lofty, pretentious | 127 | |
| 9049797235 | peruse- v | to study something with great attention | 128 | |
| 9049799768 | imminent- adj | impending/ about to happen | 129 | |
| 9049801858 | wunderkind- n | a child prodigy | 130 | |
| 9049809609 | fish | what type of animal is a red herring? | 131 | |
| 9049813612 | thieves would drop fish to lead the dogs astray | what is the story behind a red herring? | 132 | |
| 9049819095 | german | what is the origin of wunderkind? | 133 | |
| 9049823489 | child, wonder | what does "kind" and "wunder" mean in German? | 134 | |
| 9288509597 | i.e.- conj | used for clarification; in essence/ that is | 135 | |
| 9288512617 | Wishy-washy- adj | not firm in opinions or beliefs; fluctuating easily; uncertain; do not have strong convictions | 136 | |
| 9288515160 | Quagmire- n | a predicament or a situation you cannot get out of | 137 | |
| 9288518324 | Disingenuous- adj | tricky; untruthful | 138 | |
| 9288521707 | Pittance- n | a meager amount of money | 139 | |
| 9288527889 | Convalesce- v | to recover from illness | 140 | |
| 9288531467 | Coup de grâce- n | the final blow | 141 | |
| 9288534055 | Infringe- v | to violate/ encroach/ interfere with | 142 | |
| 9288536955 | Panache- n | to do something with flare/ style | 143 | |
| 9288541970 | Oy vey!- exp | an expression of frustration | 144 | |
| 9288546354 | latin | origin of i.e. | 145 | |
| 9288557196 | id est | what is the word in latin for e.i? | 146 | |
| 9288559051 | that is | what does id est mean? | 147 | |
| 9288568654 | french | what is the origin of coup de grâce? | 148 | |
| 9288572894 | french | what is the origin of panache? | 149 | |
| 9288575933 | yiddish | what is the origin of "oy vey!"? | 150 | |
| 9658508894 | vindicate- v | to clear one's name from error; to prove one's right after all | 151 | |
| 9658508895 | preclude- v | to stand in the way of | 152 | |
| 9658511361 | halcyon- adj | ideal/ like a paradise | 153 | |
| 9658511362 | illicit- adj | illegal or taboo | 154 | |
| 9658512736 | jaded- adj | world-weary | 155 | |
| 9658512737 | to cast aspersions- v | to insult/ criticize | 156 | |
| 9658514768 | pithy- adj | concise but deep | 157 | |
| 9658514769 | ilk- n | sort or kind | 158 | |
| 9658516072 | kvetch- v | to complain | 159 | |
| 9658518579 | veni, vidi, vici- exp | i came, i saw, i conquered | 160 |
