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- coppice - to manage a wooded area sustainably
- singly - one at a time/one by one (they were arranged singly)
- sleuth - watch, observe, or inquire secretly (snoop)
- ersatz - artificial and inferior/an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
- nosegay - an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present (bouquet)
- intermittent - stopping and starting at irregular intervals
- prospective - of or concerned with or related to the future (a prospective mother = woman who is pregnant or fantasizes about being a mother)
- antimension - the rectangular piece of cloth that is a furnishing for the alter in Orthodox Christian liturgical tradition
- neb - long projecting elongation of an animals head (noses, beaks)
- collusion - secret agreement/agreement on a secret plot
- Lilliputian - a citizen from Lilliput/a person small in stature
- paramount - having superior power and influence/being at the pinnacle of epicness
- flagrant - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible (a crying shame)
- avidity - a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something (eagerness)
- luminary - a celebrity/successful person who is an inspiration to others
- corollary - a practical consequence that follows naturally/inference that folows directly from the proof of another proposition
- astute - marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- tawdry - tastelessly showy (gaudy, tacky)
- connote - express or state indirectly (imply)
- lapidary - an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
- limner - a portrait painter/portrayer
- augur - predict from an omen (foreshadow)
- shillelagh (Irish)
- clairaudience
- elliptical
- allusive, illusive, and elusive
- enfilade
- mollify
- leonine
- cirri
- anomalous
- hypophalangial
- infantophile
- pederast
- ribald
- parricide
- distaff
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