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bluestocking \BLOO-stok-ing\

noun:

1. a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
2. a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle: Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking.
 
whirligig \HWUR-li-gig, WUR-\

noun:

1. something that whirls or revolves.
2. a whirling motion or course: the whirligig of fashion.
3. a giddy or flighty person.
4. Dialect. a merry-go-round or carrousel.
5. a toy for whirling or spinning, as a top.
 
malign \muh-LAHYN\

verb:

1. to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.

adjective:

1. evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood.
2. having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious.
 
picaro \PIK-uh-roh, PEE-kuh-\

noun:

a rogue or vagabond.
 
tittup \t*t-uhp\

noun:

1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.

verb:

1. to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.
 
obverse \OB-vurs\

noun:

1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
2. the front or principal surface of anything.
3. a counterpart.
4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.

adjective:

1. facing the observer.
2. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
3. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.
 
annulate \AN-yuh-lit, -leyt\

adjective:

1. having rings or ringlike bands.
2. formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.
 
snollygoster \SNOL-ee-gos-ter\

noun:

Slang. a clever, unscrupulous person.
 
promulgate \PROM-uhl-geyt, proh-MUHL-geyt\

verb:

1. to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
2. to set forth or teach publicly (a creed, doctrine, etc.).
 
trepan \trih-PAN\

noun:

1. a person who ensnares or entraps others.
2. a stratagem; a trap.

verb:
1. to ensnare or entrap.
2. to entice.
3. to cheat or swindle.
 
solipsism \SOL-ip-siz-uhm\

noun:

1. Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
2. extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.
 
arraign \uh-REYN\

verb:

1. to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
2. to accuse or charge in general; criticize adversely; censure.
 
pinion \PIN-yuhn\

noun:

1. Machinery. A. a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear. B. a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
2. Metalworking. a gear driving a roll in a rolling mill.
 
blowzy \BLOU-zee\

adjective:

1. having a coarse, ruddy complexion.
2. disheveled in appearance; unkempt.
 
shoal \shohl\

noun:

1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, especially one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.

adjective:

1. of little depth, as water; shallow.

verb:

1. to become shallow or more shallow.
2. to cause to become shallow.
3. Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
 
ennoble \en-NOH-buhl\

verb:

1. to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt: a personality ennobled by true generosity.
2. to confer a title of nobility on.
 
Quinoa (/ˈkiːnwɑː/ or /kɨˈnoʊ.ə/, Spanish: quinua, from Quechua: kinwa), a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the true grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beetroots, spinach and tumbleweeds.
 
analysand \un-NAL-uh-sand, -zand\

noun:

Psychiatry. a person undergoing psychoanalysis.
 
chattel \CHAT-l\

noun:

1. Law. a movable article of personal property.
2. any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
 
falderal \FAL-duh-ral\

noun:

1. mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
2. a trifle; gimcrack; gew-gaw.
 
bequeath \bih-KWEETH\

verb:

1. to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
2. to hand down; pass on.
3. Obsolete. to commit; entrust.
 
yoho \yoh-HOH\

interjection:

1. (used as a call or shout to attract attention, accompany effort, etc.)

verb:

1. to shout “yo-ho!”
 
Anthropomorphism.
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
i.e. This stupid golf club.
 
kelpie \KEL-pee\

noun:

(in Scottish legends) a water spirit, usually having the form of a horse, reputed to cause drownings or to warn those in danger of drowning
 
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