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my-wordbook · 2 hours ago
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Hoary
grayish white
old and trite
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my-wordbook · 1 day ago
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Crepuscular
of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
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my-wordbook · 2 days ago
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Gimlet
a small T-shaped tool with a screw-tip for boring holes.
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my-wordbook · 3 days ago
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Helpmeet
a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife
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my-wordbook · 4 days ago
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Fecund
producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth
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my-wordbook · 5 days ago
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Auroch
a large, wild ox that lived in Europe, Asia, and North Africa
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my-wordbook · 6 days ago
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Kurgan
a prehistoric burial mound or barrow of a type found in southern Russia and Ukraine
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my-wordbook · 7 days ago
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Invigilate
to keep watch
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my-wordbook · 8 days ago
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Remontant
flowering more than one in season
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my-wordbook · 9 days ago
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Exegesis
critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
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my-wordbook · 10 days ago
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Urbane
notably polite or polished in manner
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my-wordbook · 11 days ago
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Achor
Eruption on the scalp. Pustule
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my-wordbook · 12 days ago
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Lecanomancy
divination by inspection of water in a basin
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my-wordbook · 13 days ago
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Ethology
study of manners and customs
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my-wordbook · 14 days ago
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Isoglossal
a line on a map marking the limits of an area within which a feature of speech occurs, as the use of a particular word or pronunciation.
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my-wordbook · 15 days ago
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Grume
a thick viscid fluid, a clot of blood
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my-wordbook · 16 days ago
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Lurid
causing horror or revulsion
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