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Vivacious
- adjective
- lively animated; gay
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Veriest
- adjective
- utmost; most complete
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Muslins
- noun
- a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and oftenprinted, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cottonfabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of otherpurposes.
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Dowager
- noun
- a woman who holds some title or property from herdeceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke,etc. (often used as an additional title to differentiate herfrom the wife of the present king, duke, etc.):
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Chafe
- verb
- to wear or abrade by rubbing
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ruminate
reflect deeply on a subject
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cornucopia
a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
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ragamuffin
If it had been some Honourable Edith or Lady Violet, perhaps; but not that
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carouse
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
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somnolent
inclined to or marked by drowsiness
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antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
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Aeschylus
Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC)
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ramrod
a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firear
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evanescent
tending to vanish like vapor
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urbane
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
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effigy
a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. (noun)
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obsequious
obedient, dutiful (adj)
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panoply
a wide-ranging and impressive array or display (noun)
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sallow
of a sickly, yellow color. (adj)
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histrionic
deliberately affected or self conciously emotional, overl dramatic in behavior or speech.
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