avoidance
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
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back-burner
To put something on the back-burner means to postpone or prioritize it lower.
boutique
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
bowie
A Bowie knife.
brewer
A person who brews (vocationally or avocationally); especially, one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors, usually as part of an alemaking or beermaking process.
buffet
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
catcher
Someone or something that catches.
clarification
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
concluding
Finishing; closing; final.
consolation
The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
covert
Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
dagger
A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
dealings
Relations with others.
deferred
Delayed; put off till later.
descriptive
Of, relating to, or providing a description.
dialect
A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
dipped
That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
downfall
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
downside
A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.
dryer
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
dunk
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
empowerment
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
ensuing
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
ethic
Moral, relating to morals.
expire
To die.
fireplace
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
flair
A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
fugitive
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
GPA
GMP payment age
hah
Synonym of ah (sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the listener to confirm something.
haunt
To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
hazel
A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
headset
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
homecoming
The act or event of returning home.
hurdles
A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.
indulge
To yield to a temptation or desire.
inmate
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
inscription
The act of inscribing.
interpreter
A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly
intuition
Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
invaluable
Having great or incalculable value.
Kaiser
An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
kettle
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
kylie
A boomerang.
lest
For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
Lilly
A Lilly Pulitzer dress.
malta
A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
markings
the pattern of colouration on a particular animal
menace
A perceived threat or danger.
methane
The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
misuse
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
mitigate
To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
mona
Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
nausea
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
neurological
Of or pertaining to neurology.
optimum
The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
overwhelmingly
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
pastoral
Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock.
patented
For which a patent has been granted.
pea
Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
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