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   * catawampus: Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner; fierce, destructive   * catawampus: Out of alignment, crooked, cater-corner; fierce, destructive
   * chanson: a song (especially in French)   * chanson: a song (especially in French)
-  * debark: to unload frieght; to disembark+  * debark: to unload freight; to disembark
   * 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: someone with the uncontrollable urge to walk or wander.
   * 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: wet agriculture and forestry on peatlands
 +  * 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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