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wanton
[won-tn]
a sexually unrestrained woman

hegemonic
[hej-uh-mon-ik]
having hegemony or dominance

vernal
[vur-nl]
of, in, or appropriate to spring

coruscation
[kawr-uh-skey-shuhn]
the act of coruscating; a sudden gleam or flash of light; a striking display of brilliance or wit

plashy
[plash-ee]
marshy; wet

threnody
[thren-uh-dee]
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

perfidious
[per-fid-ee-uhs]
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

skerrick
[sker-ik]
a small piece or quantity; a bit

cajole
[kuh-johl]
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

tarantism
[tar-uhn-tiz-uhm]
a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

prosopopoeia
[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh]
personification, as of inanimate things

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

spondee
[spon-dee]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

excoriate
[ik-skawr-ee-eyt]
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

furphy
[fur-fee]
a false report; rumor

solecism
[sol-uh-siz-uhm]
a breach of good manners or etiquette