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On Tenterhooks
adj. (idiomatic)A state of anxiety or suspense.
Surety
n. The certainty of something, or a garuntee, or person that makes a garuntee.
Supine
adj. Lying face upward, to be indifferent.
Roil
v. To aggitate something, or stir up sediment.
Recondite
adj. Mentally difficult to grasp, abstract or complicated.
Quiescent
adj. To be inactive, resting, or dormant.
Quiddity
n. The quality that makes a person or thing what it is.
Prostate
adj. A submissively prone position, often used to worship gods.
Maraud
v. To raid and pillage.
Lugubrious
adj. Excessive mournfulness.
Languorous
adj. Sluggish, lacking energy.
Kowtow
v. To bow so low that one's head touches the ground. A sign of deep respect.
Kismet
n. Destiny. From Arabic qismah, literally "the will of Allah".
Ineluctable
adj. Unavoidable.
Indelible
adj. Not removable or reversable.
Incipient
adj. The beginning of something; only partly existent.
Debauchery
n. Suduction from duty or indulgence in scandalous activities.
Concordance
n. Agreement or an alphabetical index.
Concomitant
adj. Two or more things occurring at once or as a consequence of the other.
Antinomy
n. A contradiction between two statements that seem equally resonable; a paradox.
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