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Lubricious

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Cards (9)

Section 1

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Lubricious

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1. marked by wantonness : lecherous; also : salacious 2. [Latin lubricus]: having a smooth or slippery quality <a lubricious skin>

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Confabulate

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1. to talk informally : chat 2. to hold a discussion : confer 3. to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication

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Sylvan

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one that frequents groves or woods

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Synecdoche

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a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)

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Jejune

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1. lacking nutritive value <jejune diets> 2. devoid of significance or interest : dull <jejune lectures> 3. juvenile, puerile <jejune reflections on life and art>

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Protean

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1. of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms 2. displaying great diversity or variety : versatile

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Adamantine

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1. made of or having the quality of adamant 2. rigidly firm : unyielding <adamantine discipline> 3. resembling the diamond in hardness or lustre

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Saturnine

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1. born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn 2. a : cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change b : of a gloomy or surly disposition c : having a sardonic aspect <a saturnine smile>

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Quixotic

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1. foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2. capricious, unpredictable

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