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dipsy-doodle \DIP-see-DOOD-l\

noun:

1. Slang. a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
2. Slang. an act, movement, etc., to confuse, evade, or distract the attention of an opponent or competitor.
 
sagacity \suh-GAS-i-tee\

noun:

1. acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
 
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dipsy-doodle \DIP-see-DOOD-l\

noun:

1. Slang. a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
2. Slang. an act, movement, etc., to confuse, evade, or distract the attention of an opponent or competitor.
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vicissitude \vi-SIS-i-tood, -tyood\

noun:

1. a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
2. interchange or alternation, as of states or things.
 
fubsy \FUHB-zee\

adjective:

1. British Dialect. short and stout.
 
interstitial \in-ter-STISH-uh l\

adjective:

1. pertaining to, situated in, or forming small or narrow spaces or intervals between things or parts.
2. Anatomy. situated between the cells of a structure or part: interstitial tissue.
 
calumniate \kuh-LUHM-nee-eyt\

verb:

1. to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
 
groggery \GROG-uh-ree\

noun:

1. a slightly disreputable barroom.
 
amative \AM-uh-tiv\

adjective:

1. disposed to love; amorous.
 
encomium \en-KOH-mee-uh m\

noun:

1. a formal expression of high praise; eulogy: An encomium by the president greeted the returning hero.
 
castellated \KAS-tl-ey-tid\

adjective:

1. having many castles.
2. Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
 
celerity \suh-LER-i-tee\

noun:

1. swiftness; speed.
 
autodidact \aw-toh-DAHY-dakt, -dahy-DAKT\

noun:

1. a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
 
cosmology \koz-MOL-uh-jee\

noun:

1. the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especially with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom.
2. the branch of astronomy that deals with the general structure and evolution of the universe.
 
passel \PAS-uh l\

noun:

1. a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of dignitaries.
 
apatetic \ap-uh-TET-ik\

adjective:

1. Zoology. assuming colors and forms that effect deceptive camouflage.
 
parapraxis \par-uh-PRAK-sis\

noun:

1. Psychology. a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.
 
supercilious \soo-per-SIL-ee-uh s\

adjective:

1. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
 
sylvan \SIL-vuh n\

adjective:

1. of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
2. consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody: a shady, sylvan glade.
 
internecine \in-ter-NEE-seen, -sahyn, -NES-een, -NES-ahyn\

adjective:

1. mutually destructive.
2. of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
 
natter \NAT-er\

verb:
1. to talk incessantly; chatter.

noun:
1. a conversation; chat.
 
schlemiel

[shluh-meel]

noun, Slang.

1. an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.


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bissextus \bahy-SEKS-tuh s, bi-\

noun:

1. February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
 
rabble-rouser \RAB-uh l-rou-zer\

noun:

1. a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
 
rodomontade \rod-uh-mon-TEYD, -TAHD, -muh n-, roh-duh-\

noun:
1. vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.

adjective:
1. bragging.
 
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