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| * catawampus: Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner; | * catawampus: Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner; | ||
| * chanson: a song (especially in French) | * chanson: a song (especially in French) | ||
| - | * debark: to unload | + | * debark: to unload |
| * defilade: to arrange (fortifications) so as to protect the lines from frontal or enfilading fire and the interior from fire from above or behind (see enfilade) | * defilade: to arrange (fortifications) so as to protect the lines from frontal or enfilading fire and the interior from fire from above or behind (see enfilade) | ||
| * diapason: full, rich outpouring of melodious sound; tuning fork | * diapason: full, rich outpouring of melodious sound; tuning fork | ||
| + | * dromomaniac: | ||
| * enfilade: volley of gunfire from a flanking position (see defilade) | * enfilade: volley of gunfire from a flanking position (see defilade) | ||
| * ephemeron: a collectible | * ephemeron: a collectible | ||
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| * esthesis: an elementary awareness of stimulation | * esthesis: an elementary awareness of stimulation | ||
| * estivate: to go dormant in the summer | * estivate: to go dormant in the summer | ||
| + | * faience: glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors | ||
| * hebdomad: a group of seven | * hebdomad: a group of seven | ||
| * hebetude: lethargy, torpor, or dullness | * hebetude: lethargy, torpor, or dullness | ||
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| * lucubrate: write or study, especially by night. | * lucubrate: write or study, especially by night. | ||
| * luster: a glass pendant in a chandelier | * luster: a glass pendant in a chandelier | ||
| + | * mantic: of or relating to the faculty of divination: prophetic. | ||
| * moire: fabric with a rippled pattern | * moire: fabric with a rippled pattern | ||
| * natant: swimming or floating | * natant: swimming or floating | ||
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| * nugatory: of little or no consequence | * nugatory: of little or no consequence | ||
| * nunatak: Rocky peak sticking out of a glacier | * nunatak: Rocky peak sticking out of a glacier | ||
| + | * paludiculture: | ||
| + | * pronoiac: A person who feels that the world around them conspires to do them good (opposite of paranoiac) | ||
| * risible: laugh inducing, ludicrous | * risible: laugh inducing, ludicrous | ||
| + | * saturnine: slow and gloomy; when relating to appearance, dark in coloring; moody or mysterious | ||
| * tantivy: at a full gallop | * tantivy: at a full gallop | ||
| + | * taphonomy: the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record. | ||
| * teander: Feature of a sinuous river | * teander: Feature of a sinuous river | ||
| * volant: Flying or capable of flying; Moving quickly or nimbly; agile; depicted with the wings extended as in flying. | * volant: Flying or capable of flying; Moving quickly or nimbly; agile; depicted with the wings extended as in flying. | ||
| * volte-face: total reversal of stance | * volte-face: total reversal of stance | ||
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