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torrid
[tawr-id]
ardent; passionate
baste
[beyst]
to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made
esprit
[e-spree]
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence
incipient
[in-sip-ee-uhnt]
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
obsequious
[uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:
chasm
[kaz-uhm]
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge
coruscating
[kawr-uh-skeyt-ing]
flashing or sparkling
picaroon
[pik-uh-roon]
a rogue or a scoundrel
spurious
[spyoor-ee-uhs]
not being what it purports to be; false or fake
mawkish
[maw-kish]
having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating
proliferate
[pruh-lif-uh-reyt]
to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation
excoriate
[ik-skawr-ee-eyt]
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally
widdershins
[with-er-shinz]
in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise
zwetschenwasser
[zwet-shun-waz-er]
a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste
pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood]
physical beauty; comeliness
pinochle
[pee-nuhk-uhl]
a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck