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cromlech

[krom-lek]

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

friable

[frahy-uh-buhl]

easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

pusillanimous

[pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs]

lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

enigma

[uh-nig-muh]

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

emollient

[ih-mol-yuhnt]

an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

descant

[des-kant ]

to comment or discourse at great length

propitious

[pruh-pish-uhs]

presenting favorable conditions; favorable

elegy

[el-i-jee]

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

prate

[preyt]

to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

exhort

[ig-zawrt]

to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently

corybantic

[kawr-uh-ban-tik]

wild; frenzied

salubrious

[suh-loo-bree-uhs]

favorable to or promoting health; healthful

dirigible

[dir-i-juh-buhl]

an airship

legerdemain

[lej-er-duh-meyn]

sleight of hand; trickery

cicerone

[sis-uh-roh-nee]

a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

scunner

[skuhn-er]

an irrational dislike; loathing

solstice

[sol-stis]

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

millefleur

[meel-flur]

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork

querulous

[kwer-uh-luhs]

full of complaints; complaining

farouche

[fa-roosh]

sullen or shy in company

mawkish

[maw-kish]

having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating

lugubrious

[loo-goo-bree-uhs]

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

milquetoast

[milk-tohst]

a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated

widdershins

[with-er-shinz]

in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise