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vivarium
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noun
an enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under
semi-natural conditions for observation or study or as pets; an aquarium or
terrarium.
neonate
cavort
jump or dance around excitedly.
"the players cavorted about the pitch"
careen
1.
NORTH AMERICAN
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
"an electric golf cart careened around the corner"
2.
turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repair.
kamikaze
1. If someone such as a soldier or terrorist performs a kamikaze act, they attack
the enemy knowing that they will be killed doing it.
kamikaze pilots ready to bomb nuclear installations.
2. ADJECTIVE
You can use kamikaze to describe an action or attitude which involves doing
something which is very dangerous and likely to harm the person who does it.
These are kamikaze jobs, the ones almost guaranteed to end your career.
Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
preposterous
silly; ridiculous; not to be taken seriously
dreadful
very bad or unpleasant
absurd
ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous an absurd argument : extremely
silly or ridiculous absurd humor.
2 : having no rational or orderly relationship to human life : meaningless an
absurd universe also : lacking order or value an absurd existence.
benefaction
a donation or gift.
"an exceptional benefaction"
comedienne
a female comedian.
horrid
very unpleasant or unkind
frivolous
not serious; silly
gable
the pointed part at the top of an outside wall of a house between two parts of the
roof
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of
intersecting roof pitches.
suffragette
a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.
clomp
walk with a heavy tread.
"she clomped down the steps"
Ahoy is a signal word used to call to a ship or boat, stemming from the Middle
English cry,
Hoy . The word had fallen into obsolescence before rising from obscurity as the
sport of sailing rose in popularity.
Ahoy can also be used as a greeting, a warning, or a farewell.
Goffs
a stupid fool dope, simpleton.
horrendiferous
extraordinarily or showily horrific
fowl
a bird, especially a chicken, that is kept on a farm
Whimsy
Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than
having any serious reason or purpose behind it.
flimflam
1 deceptive nonsense
2 DECEPTION, FRAUD
syno artifice, device, dodge, fetch, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play,
ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile
gravitas
dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
"a post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas"
pap
1 worthless or trivial reading matter or entertainment.
2 bland soft or semi-liquid food such as that suitable for babies or invalids.
ghastly
extremely unpleasant or bad
impertinent
not showing respect to somebody who is older and more important; rude
furrow
a trench in the earth made by a plow. b plowed land field. 2 something that
resembles the track of a plow
cooped up
If you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which you
cannot escape, or you feel as if you are:
I hate being cooped up inside working when its a sunny day outside.
It's such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here?
newfangled
new or modern in a way that the speaker does not like
spit spot
It means something along the lines of "hurry up", or "come on", and there are,
indeed, multiple uses by Mary Poppins.
"Well, don't stand there staring. Best foot forward. Spit spot"
exquisite
extremely beautiful and pleasing
fibber
someone who tells lies
someone who tells lies. synonyms fabricator, storyteller. see more. type of: liar,
prevaricator. a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
dame
a woman of rank, station, or authority: such as. a archaic : the mistress of a
household. b : the wife or daughter of a lord. c : a female member of an order of
knighthood �used as a title prefixed to the given name.
trout - person
old trout like me is not made for movies.
tiara
a small crown decorated with jewels that is worn on the head by a woman, especially
a queen or princess, on important or formal occasions
sucker
1 If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them.
INFORMAL, disapproval But that is what the suckers want so you give it them...
2 If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it
very difficult to resist it.
hoity-toity
thoughtlessly silly or frivolous
1 thoughtlessly silly or frivolous flighty.
2 marked by an air of assumed importance highfalutin a hoity-toity college
professor The restaurant was too hoity-toity for my tastes.
highfalutin
titbit
noun tidbit
1.
a small but very nice piece of food
2.
an interesting piece of information
spire
?a tall pointed tower on the top of a church