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incandescent
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(s) emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"

(s) characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"

derelict
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(n) a ship abandoned on the high seas

(n) a person unable to support himself

(s) failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

(s) deserted or abandoned as by an owner; "a derelict ship"

entomology
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(n) the branch of zoology that studies insects

execrable
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(s) deserving a curse; "her damnable pride"

(s) unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

(s) of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

sluice
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(n) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

(v) irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"

(v) draw through a sluice; "sluice water"

(v) transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"

(v) pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

moot
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(n) a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

(v) think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

(s) open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"

(s) of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

evanescent
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(s) tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"

vat
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(n) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

(n) a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

dapper
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(s) marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

asperity
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(n) harshness of manner

(n) something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

flair
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(n) distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

(n) a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"

(n) a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"

mote
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(n) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

circumspect
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(s) heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

inimical
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(s) not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

apropos
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(a) of an appropriate or pertinent nature

(r) at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos"

(r) by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?"

gruel
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(n) a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)

gentility
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(n) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

disapprobation
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(n) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism"

cameo
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(n) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

gouge
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(n) the act of gouging

(n) and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

(n) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

(v) force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

(v) make a groove in

(v) obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

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