Word Archive
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rash
an eruption on the body
immure
to enclose within or as if within walls
gambit
a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
besotted
utterly infatuated
mea culpa
a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error
hector
a son of Priam, husband of Andromache, and Trojan champion slain by Achilles
crepuscular
of, relating to, or resembling twilight dim
libertine
a freethinker especially in religious matters
vaunted
highly or widely praised or boasted about
deem
to come to think or judge consider
ad hoc
concerned with a particular end or purpose
spiel
to play music
exhilarate
to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated
paean
a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
congruous
being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence
nettle
any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
knackered
tired, exhausted
onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it the creation of words that imitate natural sounds (such as buzz, hiss)
umpteen
very many indefinitely numerous
umpteen
very many indefinitely numerous