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noun: A college athlete who practices with the team, but does not take part in official games. verb tr., intr.: 1. To …

adjective: Cultured; refined; sophisticated. noun: Refinement; sophistication.

noun: 1. A fraudulent scheme or practice. 2. A wild party.

noun: A sharp turn or angle in a zigzag course. verb intr.: To make a sharp turn.

verb intr.: To swagger, bluster, behave recklessly, etc.

adjective: Bearing the author’s name; named.

adjective: 1. Covered with iron. 2. Inflexible, unbreakable, or indisputable.

noun: Someone who pretends to have money, skill, influence, etc. adjective: Inferior or insignificant, while pretending to be otherwise.

noun: Inherited wealth.

noun: Someone or something unworthy that is excessively esteemed.

noun: 1. The study of aging and related decline. 2. The study of a species approaching extinction.

noun: A more specific term in a general class. For example, “purple” is a hyponym of “color”.

noun: Belief in or worship of one god without denying the possibility of others.

noun: Excessive devotion to filth or obscenity.

noun: Any of various musical instruments in which sound is produced by striking pieces of stone.

noun: An outpouring; a deluge.

verb intr.: 1. To follow a winding course. 2. To move aimlessly. 3. To speak or write without a focus. noun: 1. …

noun: A point of no return, one where an action taken commits a person irrevocably.

noun: A rich source of something valuable.

noun: 1. A vagrant or a loafer. 2. A soapbox orator or agitator.

noun: 1. Ritual suicide by disembowelment. 2. Ruining one’s own interests.

noun: 1. The art of folding paper into various shapes. 2. An object made by folding paper.

interjection: Goodbye.

noun: A teacher, mentor, or a master in a field.