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sunstone: Definition: (noun) A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals.
Synonyms: aventurine.
Usage: He loved the red gold of the sunstone, and the moonstone's pearly whiteness, and the broken rainbow of the milky opal.
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castellated: Definition: (adjective) Having turrets and battlements in the style of a castle.
Synonyms: castled, crenellated, battlemented.
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apiarist: Definition: (noun) One who keeps bees, specifically one who cares for and raises bees for commercial or agricultural purposes.
Synonyms: apiculturist, beekeeper.
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bunsen: Definition: (noun) A gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air.
Synonyms: etna.
Usage: I accidentally singed my eyebrows while lighting my bunsen in chemistry class.
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brandish: Definition: (verb) To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.
Synonyms: flourish, wave.
Usage: The farmer, seeing before him this figure in full armor brandishing a lance over his head, gave himself up for dead.
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tidbit: Definition: (noun) A choice morsel, as of gossip or food.
Synonyms: choice morsel, titbit.
Usage: The book is chock-full of colorful tidbits about theater and theater people.
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plainsong: Definition: (noun) A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.
Synonyms: Gregorian chant, plainchant.
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yardmaster: Definition: (noun) A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
Synonyms: train dispatcher, trainmaster.
Usage: Observing that the yardmaster had his back turned, the vagabonds leaped into one of the boxcars.
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squalid: Definition: (adjective) Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care.
Synonyms: flyblown, sordid.
Usage: They lived like beasts in great squalid labor-ghettos, festering in misery and degradation.
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verruca: Definition: (noun) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.
Synonyms: wart.
Usage: When he developed a verruca on the bottom of his foot, walking became extremely painful.
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docket: Definition: (noun) A list of things to be done.
Synonyms: agenda, schedule.
Usage: Since everyone wanted to discuss healthcare, we put it on the docket for the next town meeting.
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deponent: Definition: (noun) A person who testifies or gives a deposition.
Synonyms: testifier.
Usage: In the taking of legal oaths, for instance, deponents seem to enjoy themselves mightily when they come to several good words in succession.
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dovecote: Definition: (noun) A compartmental structure, often raised on a pole, for housing domesticated pigeons.
Synonyms: columbary.
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pyrexia: Definition: (noun) Fever.
Synonyms: febricity, febrility, feverishness.
Usage: His pyrexia made the doctors nervous, and they immersed him in a bath of ice water to bring down his body temperature.
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cupidity: Definition: (noun) Excessive desire, especially for wealth.
Synonyms: covetousness, avarice.
Usage: Their very cupidity was to prove the means of their undoing, in the matter of the ransom at least.
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bedeck: Definition: (verb) To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion.
Synonyms: bedight, deck.
Usage: It was at the dawn of day in the merry Maytime, when hedgerows are green and flowers bedeck the meadows.
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nonstarter: Definition: (noun) An idea, proposal, or candidate with no chance of being accepted or successful.
Synonyms: failure, loser.
Usage: Many lawmakers are pronouncing the budget a nonstarter.
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wharfage: Definition: (noun) A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats.
Synonyms: pier, dock.
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dungaree: Definition: (noun) A sturdy, often blue denim fabric.
Synonyms: jean, denim.
Usage: He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.
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scintilla: Definition: (noun) A minute amount; an iota or trace.
Synonyms: shred, smidge, smidgeon, tittle, whit.
Usage: When the party was over, not a scintilla of food remained.
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