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winebibber
[wahyn-bib-er]
a person who drinks a lot wine
baksheesh
[bak-sheesh]
a tip, present, or gratuity
skedaddle
[ski-dad-ld]
to run away hurriedly; flee
pummel
[puhm-uhl ]
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists
snafu
[sna-foo]
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation
crwth
[krooth]
ancient Celtic instrument that is similar to a violin
logophile
[law-guh-fahyl]
a lover of words
penumbra
[pi-nuhm-bruh]
the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off
aphelion
[uh-fee-lee-uhn]
the point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet)
spondee
[spon-dee]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
gelid
[jel-id]
very cold; icy
quintessence
[kwin-tes-uhns]
the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
vocational
[voh-key-shuh-nl]
of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation
saccharine
[sak-er-in]
of the nature of or resembling that of sugar
susurrus
[soo-sur-uhs]
a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper
puerile
[pyoo-er-il]
childishly foolish, immature, or trivial