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aping
Term in sociology.
auto
/ ˈɔ:təu /automatic (of a gearbox / transmission).
bleak
/ bli:k /Without color; pale; pallid.
coma
/ ˈkəumə /State of unconsciousness.
conga
/ ˈkɔŋgə /Cuban drum.
dame
/ deɪm /Female equivalent of the honour of knighthood in British and Commonwealth honours systems.
densely
/ ˈdenslɪ /In a dense manner.
dimmer
/ ˈdɪmə /A device used to lower the brightness of a light.
ease
/ i:z /Ability, the means to do something, particularly:.
eras
/ ˈ'ɪərəz /(plural noun) a long and distinct period of history.
gawk
/ gɔ:k /A cuckoo.
grub
/ grʌb /(countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
gummy
/ ˈgʌmɪ /Showing the gums.
hermit
/ ˈhə:mɪt /Person who lives in seclusion from society.
hernia
/ ˈhə:njə /Type of digestive system disease.
imposition
/ ɪmpəˈzɪʃən /The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
inlet
/ ˈɪnlet /In coastal geography, an indentation of a shoreline that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh.
lambda
/ ˈlæmdə /Letter in the Greek alphabet.
liner
/ ˈlaɪnə /Someone who fits a lining to something.
longshoremen
Occupation of loading and unloading ships.
mare
/ mɛə /Female horse.
metaphorically
Figure of speech.
oceanic
/ əuʃɪˈænɪk /Of or relating to the ocean.
ooze
/ u:z /Potion of vegetable matter used for leather tanning.
oracle
/ ˈɔrəkl /In classical antiquity, person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future.
ouch
/ auʧ /An expression of one's own physical pain.
page
/ peɪʤ /One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar documen.
polenta
Cornmeal boiled into a porridge.
pudgy
/ ˈpʌʤɪ /Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
rein
/ reɪn /Item of horse tack, used to direct a horse or other animal used for riding or driving.
rush
/ rʌʃ /Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
salty
/ ˈsɔ:ltɪ /Tasting of salt.
samurai
Military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.
sari
/ ˈsa:ri: /Woman's draped garment of South Asia.
satin
/ ˈsætɪn /Smooth, lustrous fabric, usually of silk or synthetic fiber, woven with a long-float satin binding in warp or weft.
sear
/ sɪə /Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
shin
/ ʃɪn /The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.
smoky
/ ˈsməukɪ /Filled with or giving off smoke.
someday
/ ˈsʌmˈdeɪ /Sometime; at some time in the future.
stew
/ stju: /A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.
talisman
/ ˈtælɪzmən /Object which is believed to contain certain magical properties.
torrid
/ ˈtɔrɪd /Very hot and dry.
tree
/ tri: /Perennial woody plant.
truant
/ ˈtru:ənt /Unexcused absence from school.
upturn
/ ʌpˈtə:n /an upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.
veil
/ veɪl /Any lightweight covering for the head or face or both.
wink
/ wɪŋk /Eye movement.
yelping
Utter a short sharp cry of pain or alarm.
yoke
/ jəuk /Fits around the neck to distribute force.
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