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Mari's Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sobriquet | nickname |
| equanimity | calmness |
| quixotic | exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic or impractical |
| bucolic | pastoral |
| abrogate | abolish, repeal |
| indurate | harden, stiffen |
| meliorate | amend, improve |
| ephemeral | fleeting |
| overweening | arrogant, pompous |
| microfiche | a sheet of microfilm containing rows of images of printed pages |
| synod | A council or an assembly of church officials or churches |
| emigre | A person who emigrates for political reasons |
| capitulate | surrender |
| laic | layperson, nonclerical |
| commensurate | Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion. |
| hibernaculum | a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal |
| abiogenesis | a now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| slumgullion | a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. a beverage made weak or thin the refuse from processing whale carcasses |
| benefic | producing good, helpful results |
| largesse | gift or to gift |
| lacuna | blank, gap, cavity, pit |
| pokelogan | marshy, stagnant water from stream/lake |
| inveigh | rail, protest |
| clochard | tramp, vagrant |
| pilcrow | paragraph mark |
| lollapalooza | one that is extraordinarily impressive |
| suppletory | supplying a deficiency |
| wight | active, nimble, strong and brave (esp. in war) a human being (supernatural) |
| borborygmus | rumbling, gurgling made by gas movement in the intestines |
| gelt | money (slang) |
| dragon's teeth | seeds of strife |
| svengali | a person who manipulates excessive control over another |
| tenuity | slenderness, thinness |
| forfend | forbid, ward off, protect |
| glom | take, steal |
| klaxon | loud, electric horn |
| misoneism | hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change |
| whitherward | toward where? |
| umbriferous | casting or making shade |
| lipogram | a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic character |
| nimiety | excess, redundancy |
| ferrule | a usually metal sleeve used especially for joining or binding one part to another (as pipe sections or the bristles and handle of a brush) |
| ochlophobia | an abnormal fear of crowds |
| calorifacient | (of foods) producing heat |
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