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am·bus·cade
/ˈambəˌskād/
nounDATED
an ambush.
"our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades"
verbARCHAIC
ambush (someone).
"French and his companions were ambuscaded by the Indians.”
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/ˈambəˌskād/
nounDATED
an ambush.
"our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades"
verbARCHAIC
ambush (someone).
"French and his companions were ambuscaded by the Indians.”
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si·ne·cure
/ˈsinəˌkyo͝or/
noun
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
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/ˈsinəˌkyo͝or/
noun
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
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gas·con·ade
/ˌɡaskəˈnād/
nounLITERARY
noun: gasconade
extravagant boasting
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/ˌɡaskəˈnād/
nounLITERARY
noun: gasconade
extravagant boasting
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in·cho·ate
/inˈkōət,ˈinkəˌwāt/
adjective
1.
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
"a still inchoate democracy”
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/inˈkōət,ˈinkəˌwāt/
adjective
1.
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
"a still inchoate democracy”
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mes·ti·zo
/meˈstēzō,məˈstēzō/
noun
(in Latin America) a person of mixed race, especially one of Indigenous and Spanish or Portuguese descent
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/meˈstēzō,məˈstēzō/
noun
(in Latin America) a person of mixed race, especially one of Indigenous and Spanish or Portuguese descent
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en·fi·lade
/ˈenfəläd,ˈenfəˌlād/
noun
1.
a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
"they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"
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/ˈenfəläd,ˈenfəˌlād/
noun
1.
a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
"they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"
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wind·age
/ˈwindij/
noun
the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object.
the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet
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/ˈwindij/
noun
the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object.
the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet
