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UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

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Ostensible - stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

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Yuzuaecha

Ponderous - slow and clumsy because of great weight.

"her footsteps were heavy and ponderous" 

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Quid - a slang expression for the British pound sterling, or the British pound (GBP), the currency of the United Kingdom (U.K.)

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Yuzuaecha

Rotable - a Qualified Spare Part that wears over time and can be repeatedly restored to a serviceable condition over a period approximating the life of the flight equipment to which it relates.  

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Serendipity - the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

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Yuzuaecha

Tercel Male hawk.

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Umbrage- To be offended or angered by something rude

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Yuzuaecha

Vamoose - depart hurriedly.

"we'd better vamoose before we're caught"

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wingnut : A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
Alternative form of wing nut

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Jess

Xenocryst:  a crystal foreign to the igneous rock in which it occurs.

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Jess

Yodeller: a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs) 

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Jess

Ziti: pasta in medium-sized, often ridged tubes.

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Alpenglow - the rosy light of the setting or rising sun seen on high mountains.
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Bruxism: The medical term for grinding your teeth while asleep.

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Yuzuaecha

Caliginous - misty, dim; obscure, dark.

"the caliginous sky"

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