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14807821067AphorismNoun, Maxim, adage; concise, witty saying0
14807826995FerretVerb intransitive, search around, often doggedly1
14807831145AuspiciousAdjetive, Promising, favorable2
14807833521ImmolateVerb Transitive, sacrifice3
14807834891DisparageVerb Transitive, belittle, slight4
14807836576PerniciousAdjective, destructive, ruinous, injurious5
14807837986AssertiveVerb Transitive, assert; state seriously or positively6
14807847786PlaintiveAdjective, expressing sorrow or melancholy7
14807849395BeguileVerb Transitive, to deceive or delude; charm or divert; pass time pleasantly8
14807861380AntipathyNoun, strong aversion or repugnance9
14807862643commiserateVerb Transitivem sympathize with, console, pity10
14807870877RefectionNoun, food or drink taken for refreshment; a light meal11
14807871491GarretNoun, attic; room just below the sloping roof12
14807873675AugurVerb Transitive/Intransitive, fortell, prophesy13
14807875699LaconicAdjective, using a few words, terse14
14807877776AdjurationNoun, a solemn charge; an ernest entreaty15
14807878434AdmonishVerb Transitive, warn, urge16
14807881781stolidAdjective, having or showing little emotion17
14807882433AdjacentAdjective, lying next to18
14807883121PecuniaryAdjective, involving or pertaining to money19
14807884176OffalNoun, entrails of a butchered animal20
14807886068PorringerNoun, a porridge bowl21
14807886719expostulateVerb Intransitive, reason with someone earnestly, to dissuade or correct22
14807888920LethargyNoun, sluggishness, lack of energy23
14807890090TrepidationNoun, tremulousness; fearful uncertainty or anxiety24
14807891624DeprecateVerb Transitive, feel and express dissapproval of25
14807894029ConvivialAdjective, fond of feasting in good company; sociable26
14807898253MenagerieNoun, a collection of wild animals for display27
14807898741ForayNoun, a sudden attack or raid28
14807899382DebaucheryNoun, extreme indulgence of one's appetites29
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