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aubade
[oh-bad; oh-bahd]
a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning
tessellate
[tes-uh-leyt]
to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern
precipitate
[pri-sip-i-teyt]
headlong
acumen
[uh-kyoo-muhn]
keen insight; shrewdness
guileless
[gahyl-lis]
free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank
invidious
[in-vid-ee-uhs]
calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful
obnubilate
[ob-noo-buh-leyt]
to cloud over; becloud; obscure
kapellmeister
[kah-pel-mahy-ster]
the leader or conductor of an orchestra or choir
viscous
[vis-kuhs]
of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive
esprit
[e-spree]
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence
zwetschenwasser
[zwet-shun-waz-er]
a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste
desideratum
[dih-sid-uh-rey-tuhm]
something wanted or needed
pleonasm
[plee-uh-naz-uhm]
the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy
idiosyncratic
[id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik]
pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual
nimiety
[ni-mahy-i-tee]
excess; overabundance
widdershins
[with-er-shinz]
in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise