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UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Yuzuaecha

Kremlin - a citadel within a Russian town.

  • the citadel in Moscow.

  • the Russian or (formerly) Soviet government.

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Lariat - a rope used as a lasso or for tethering.

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Yuzuaecha

malapropism - misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Nocturnal (ity) - an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Yuzuaecha

Obdurate - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
"I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Probate - the official proving of a will

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Yuzuaecha

QUADRAGESIMAL - adjective, ARCHAIC
(of a fast, especially one in Lent) lasting forty days.
belonging or appropriate to the period of Lent.

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Clandestine - characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious

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Yuzuaecha

dearth
an insufficient quantity or number

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Emulate - match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation

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Yuzuaecha

Fenestron - is a protected tail rotor of a helicopter operating like a ducted fan

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Glom - take, steal, seize

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Yuzuaecha

hypocritical - professing feelings or virtues one does not have

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Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

Interstice - an intervening space, especially a very small one.

"sunshine filtered through the interstices of the arching trees"

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Anemoia

Anemoia - Nostalgia for a time you've never known 

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