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noun: 1. One’s pledged word, loyalty, or fidelity. 2. Truth. 3. Betrothal. verb tr.: To pledge or betroth.

noun: 1. A medicine, especially one that acts as a laxative. 2. A doctor. 3. Medical science or the medical profession. verb …

noun: An eel split, cut into pieces, and cooked. verb tr.: To treat severely.

noun: 1. A coat of arms. 2. A description of a coat of arms in heraldic terminology. 3. An ostentatious display. verb …

adjective: Using pretentious words and language.

noun: 1. A big eater. 2. A gullible person, one who will swallow anything.

verb tr.: To form something from parts that are very different.

noun: A test of inclusion and representation of women in a work of fiction.

noun: A street urchin.

adjective: Casting a shadow.

adjective: Relating to or living in flowing water.

adjective: Fond of or adapted to sunlight.

noun: 1. Sorcery; witchcraft; black magic. 2. A representation of devils or demons in art or literature. 3. Mischievous manner or conduct.

noun: The art of dining.

verb tr.: 1. To make someone enthusiastic. 2. To express something with enthusiasm. verb intr.: To display enthusiasm.

verb tr.: To free from slavery, servitude, or restraint.

verb tr., intr.: 1. To diffuse gradually. 2. To undergo or to subject to osmosis: the diffusion of fluid from a solution …

verb tr.: To build cheaply and sloppily.

verb intr.: 1. To establish a connection with someone in a different group or organization for purposes of working together, coordinating efforts, …

verb tr.: To make a word by dropping an apparent affix from a longer word.

adjective: Having five syllables.

adjective: 1. Obsolete. 2. Stale. 3. Faded.

adjective: 1. Having two barrels mounted side by side, as in a gun. 2. Having two parts, purposes, impacts, etc.

adjective: Having only one meaning.