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<p>TORPID (adj., lazy)</p>

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<p>SEPULCHRAL: (adj) characterized by death, like a tomb, lugubrious</p>

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<p>LEGERDEMAIN: (n) dexterity, slight of hand</p>

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<p>necrophilia: </p>

<ol>
<li>Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.</li>
<li>Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses.</li>
</ol>

<p>Yeah, I was with my family the other day and tuned them out for a little while. When I tuned back in, they were talking about this word (I still don’t know the context). Very random…</p>

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<p>Pandemonium</p>

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<p>MACRON
a short, straight line placed over a vowel to indicate that it is long.</p>

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<p>nonary (consisting of 9)</p>

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<p>Macabre (ADJ)
of or relating to death/the obsession with death.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, Pandemonium, as described by Milton in “Paradise Lost,” is the grand castle built by Satan in Hell.</p>

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<p>Ok, I’m going off of “macabre.”</p>

<p>edacious - n. Given to eating; voracious; devouring.</p>

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<p>scintillating (er…something along the lines of wonderful, vivacious, or something like that. I didn’t officially look it up, so I’m not sure on the technical definition. Great word to use, though)</p>

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<p>Bindlestiff (Noun)
a poor person</p>

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<p>frowzy (adj.)</p>

<p>Unkempt, slovenly, dirty, etc.</p>

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<p>Bumptious (ADJ)
Arrogant</p>

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<p>Sine qua non: noun, essential element, factor</p>

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<p>Taciturn (ADJ)
Quiet; Shy</p>

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<p>milieu \meel-YUH; meel-YOO, noun;
plural milieus or milieux -(z):
Environment; setting.</p>