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torrefy

1. To subject to fire or intense heat.

2. In pharmacology, to dry or parch drugs with heat.

3. To roast, as metallic ores.

 

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xenogenic

1. To be completely different from either parent, or from the source of an object's creation.

2. In biology, originating outside the organism or from a foreign substance introduced into the organism.

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umbra

1.

The invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.

2.

Shade; shadow.

3.

In astronomy, the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely cut off.

4.

A phantom or shadowy apparition, as of someone or something not physically present; ghost; spectral image.

 

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kerf

1.

A cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.

2.

In mining, a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.

3.

The act of cutting or carving.

verb:

1.

To cut or carve.

 

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wiredrawn

1. Finely spun; extremely intricate; minute.

2. Drawn out long and thin like a wire.

 

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pecksniffian

Hypocritically and smugly affecting benevolence or high moral principles.

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arroyo

A small steep-sided gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.

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anacoluthia

Lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence.





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"Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know our mother's face; from the prison of her flesh have we come into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

O waste of loss, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this most weary unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heave, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?"

~ Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel

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machination

1. The act of plotting.

2. A crafty scheme; a cunning design or plot intended to accomplish some usually evil end.

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countervail

1. To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to counteract.

2. To compensate for; to offset; to furnish or serve as an equivalent to.

intransitive verb:

1. To exert force against an opposing, often bad, influence or power.

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torpor

1. Lacking in vitality or interest.

2. A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.

3. Lethargy; apathy.

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numinous

1. Of or pertaining to a numen (divine power or spirit; a deity, esp. one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.); supernatural.

2. Filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence.

3. Inspiring awe and reverence; spiritual.

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paroxysm

1. (Medicine) A sudden attack, intensification, or recurrence of a disease.

2. Any sudden and violent emotion or action; an outburst; a fit.

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lugubrious

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.

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sunder

1. To break apart; to separate; to divide; to sever.

intransitive verb:

1. To become parted, disunited, or severed.

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afflatus

A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.

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rebarbative

Serving or tending to irritate or repel.

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fugacious

Lasting but a short time; fleeting.

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foofaraw

1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.

2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.

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