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- parson
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- didactic
- instructive
- lave
- wash one's face and hands
- hirsute
- having or covered with hair
- gargoyle
- an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- halcyon
- idyllically calm and peaceful
- pontificate
- the government of the Roman Catholic Church
- cuckold
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- ethereal
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
- pulsate
- expand and contract rhythmically
- impecunious
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
- equivocal
- open to two or more interpretations
- dissemble
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- deduce
- reason by deduction
- referendum
- a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
- excrescence
- something that bulges out or projects from a form
- panegyric
- a formal expression of praise
- curate
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- genealogy
- successive generations of kin
- lunar
- of or relating to or associated with the moon
- correlate
- To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
- exigencies
- needs or demands intrinsic to a circumstance
- inanimate
- appearing dead
- exorcise
- expel through adjuration or prayers
- circumvent
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
- potentate
- a ruler who is unconstrained by law
- naiad
- a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
- symposium
- a gathering together for the purpose of discussing a particular topic
- recant
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- colloquial
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
- eviscerate
- take away a vital or essential part of
- durance
- imprisonment
- apothecary
- a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
- sapient
- acutely insightful and wise
- malfeasance
- wrongful conduct by a public official
- catholic
- of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
- incantation
- a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
- ambulatory
- able to walk about
- epilogue
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- pyromaniac
- a person with a mania for setting things on fire
- temerity
- fearless daring
- roe
- the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
- venire
- a group of people summoned for jury service
- technique
- skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
- effrontery
- arrogant behavior that you have no right to
- misdemeanor
- a crime less serious than a felony
- merino
- white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
- scion
- a descendent or heir