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exhort
[ig-zawrt]
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently

cordate
[kawr-deyt]
heart-shaped

cromlech
[krom-lek]
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

precipitate
[pri-sip-i-teyt]
headlong

inchoate
[in-koh-it]
not organized; lacking order

abrogate
[ab-ruh-geyt]
to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

sashay
[sa-shey]
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly

quisling
[kwiz-ling]
a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

gurn
[gurn]
make a comically or repulsively ugly face

elusive
[ih-loo-siv]
eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define

darg
[dahrg]
a day's work

trenchant
[tren-chuhnt]
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

zeitgeber
[tsahyt-gey-ber]
an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

strident
[strahyd-nt]
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

insidious
[in-sid-ee-uhs]
intended to entrap or beguile

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