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rhadamanthine
[rad-uh-man-theen]
portraying strict and inflexible judgment

onomatopoeia
[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh]
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

fisticuffs
[fis-tuh-kuhfs]
combat with the fists

kapellmeister
[kah-pel-mahy-ster]
the leader or conductor of an orchestra or choir

scuttle
[skuht-l]
to sink (a vessel) deliberately, especially by opening seacocks or making openings in the hull

pinochle
[pee-nuhk-uhl]
a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck

dunce
[duhns]
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

licentious
[lahy-sen-shuhs]
unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

somnolent
[som-nuh-luhnt]
sleepy; drowsy

cachinnate
[kak-uh-neyt]
to laugh loudly or immoderately

arcane
[ahr-keyn]
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric

horripilation
[haw-rip-uh-ley-shuhn]
the erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement

dodecahedron
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]
a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

peristyle
[per-uh-stahyl]
a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space

holophrase
[hol-uh-freyz]
a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

shibboleth
[shib-uh-lith]
a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth