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Redoubt = a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defenses.

Dapple = mark with spots or rounded patches.

Drab = lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

Garishness is the quality of being tastelessly showy, excessively colorful, or vulgar.

Teal = a small freshwater duck, typically with a greenish band on the wing that is most prominent in flight.

Scrawny = excessively thin or bony.

Whittle = carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it (stružlikať).

Crag = a steep or rugged cliff or rock face.

Burr = a whirring sound, such as a phone ringing tone or the sound of cogs turning.

Mangy = in poor condition; shabby.

Hodgepodge is a funny-sounding word for a somewhat funny occurrence — a grouping of things or people that don't fit together.

Hoity toity = haughty or snobbish.

Pismire = an ant.

Hardpan = a hardened impervious layer, typically of clay, occurring in or below the soil and impairing drainage and plant growth.

The hoochie coochie is a catch-all term to describe several sexually provocative belly dance-like dances from the mid-to late 1800s.

Dungarees = pants made of blue denim; blue jeans.

Scheherazade is a major character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the One Thousand and One Nights.

Saltbox = a frame house having up to three stories at the front and one fewer at the back with a steeply pitched roof.

Bog = wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body.

Collier = a coal miner.

Indenture = bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or laborer.

Riparian = relating to or situated on the banks of a river (pobrežný).

Incongruous = not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

Fealty = a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.

Clammy = unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch.

Stultifying = to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or very unreasonable.

Jag = a sharp projection.

Whorl = a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Unctuous = (of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich taste.

Diaphanous = (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.