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hurtle
[hur-tl]
to rush violently; move with great speed

insolent
[in-suh-luhnt]
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

zoomorphic
[zoh-uh-mawr-fik]
of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal

yarborough
[yahr-bur-oh]
a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

surmise
[ser-mahyz]
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

hodgepodge
[hoj-poj]
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

perfidy
[perfidy]
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

ignominious
[ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs]
marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

curmudgeon
[ker-muhj-uhn]
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

adamantine
[ad-uh-man-teen]
utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion

oxymoron
[ok-si-mawr-on]
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

anaphora
[uh-naf-er-uh]
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

deleterious
[del-i-teer-ee-uhs]
injurious to health

agog
[uh-gog]
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

winebibber
[wahyn-bib-er]
a person who drinks a lot wine

nadir
[ney-der]
the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair