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theorbos
an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
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virtuosi
a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc...
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reverie
a state of abstracted musing; daydreaming.
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rhapsodize
to express oneself in an immoderately enthusiastic manner.
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besiege
to surround with hostile forces.
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tracery
any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc..., as in carving or embroidery
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jasmine
any of several plants or shrubs having fragnant flowers.
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forlorn
lonely and sad; forsaken.
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martydom
extreme suffering of any kind.
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doublet
a close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men between the 15th and 17th centuries.
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volubility
marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
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rarefy
to make thin, less compact, or less dense.
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icosahedron
a polyhedron having 20 faces.
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saltpeter
potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance.
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grandiloquent
speaking or exressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
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rampart
a fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.
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parapet
a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
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coronet
a small crown worn by princes and princesses and by other nobles below the rank of sovereign.
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gudgeon
a metal pivot or journal at the end of a shaft or an axle, around which a wheel or other device turns. the socket of a hinge into which a pin fits.
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casque
a helmet, expecially an ornate visorless headpiece of the 16th century.
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corselet
body armor, expecially a brestplate.
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hidalgo
a member of minor nobility in Spain.
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mountebank
any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
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eviscerated
to move the entrails of; disembowel.
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burlesque
a ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty.
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frivolous
unworth of serious attention; trivial.
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tumult
the din and commotion of a great crowd.
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simpering
to smile in a silly, slef-concious, often coy manner.
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