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screaming-meemies (noun)
Def: extreme nervousness; anxiety; hysteria.

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shower orange (noun)
Def: an orange that is peeled and eaten under a steamy shower, the purported benefit being that the steam enhances the orange’s citrusy fragrance and creates a soothing experience for the person who is showering.

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pumpernickel (noun)
Def: a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.

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arcane (adjective)
Def: known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure.

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concatenation (noun)
Def: a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events.

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panacea (noun)
Def: an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties.

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gaffe (noun)
Def: a social blunder; faux pas.

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sanguivorous (adjective)
Def: feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.

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smaze (noun)
Def: a mixture of haze and smoke.

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unfalsifiable (adjective)
Def: not able to be proven false, and therefore not scientific.

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dapple (verb)
Def: to mark or become marked with spots.

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haimish (adjective)
Def: homey; cozy and unpretentious.

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crepuscular (adjective)
Def: of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.

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machinations (noun)
Def: crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.

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retrospection (noun)
Def: the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.

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curmudgeon (noun)
Def: a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

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phub (verb)
Def: to ignore a person or one's surroundings when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device.

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zeitgeber (noun)
Def: an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.

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copacetic (adjective)
Def: fine; completely satisfactory; OK.

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semaphore (noun)
Def: a system of signaling, especially a system by which a special flag is held in each hand and various positions of the arms indicate specific letters, numbers, etc.

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seriatim (adverb)
Def: in a series; one after another.