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denouement
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(n) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

(n) the outcome of a complex sequence of events

animus
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(n) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

overweening
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(s) presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

(s) unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

tyro
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(n) someone new to a field or activity

preen
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(v) dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

(v) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

(v) clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"

largesse
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(n) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

(n) a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously

retentive
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(a) tending to retain; "a retentive memory"; "soils retentive of moisture"

unconscionable
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(s) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

(s) lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"

badinage
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(n) frivolous banter

insensate
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(a) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone"

(s) without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

sherbet
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(n) an ice containing milk

beatific
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(s) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic benificence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"

(s) experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace"

bemuse
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(v) cause to be confused emotionally

factitious
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(s) not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"

gestate
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(v) be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

(v) have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

traduce
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(v) speak unfavorably about; "She badmouthes her husband everywhere"

sextant
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(n) a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant

(n) a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

coiffure
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(n) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

(v) arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"

malleable
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(s) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"

(s) easily influenced

rococo
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(n) fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century

(s) having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

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