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palmy
- adjective
- 1 :marked by prosperity : flourishing
- 2 :abounding in or bearing palms
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xyst
- 1.(in an ancient Roman villa) a garden walk planted with trees.
- 2.(in ancient Greek and Roman architecture) a covered portico, as a promenade.
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diktat
- noun
- 1 :a harsh settlement unilaterally imposed (as on a defeated nation)
- 2 :decree, order
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bricolage
noun :construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also : something constructed in this way
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svelte
- adjective
- 1a :slender, lithe
- b :having even and smooth lines : sleek
- 2 :urbane, suave
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inkhorn
adjective :ostentatiously learned : pedantic
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spumescent
Adj.
1.foamy; foamlike; frothy.
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augur
- verb
- 1 :to foretell (something) or to predict the future especially from omens
- 2 :to give promise of : presage
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gnomist
1.a writer of aphorisms.
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rutilant
- adjective
- 1 :having a reddish glow
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