Monthly Archives: June 2005

raconteur

one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit

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abscond

to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

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cryptic

1. secret; occult 2.a. having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious b. marked by an often perplexing brevity 3. serving to conceal 4. using cipher or code

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legerdemain

1. sleight of hand 2. a show of skill or deceitful cleverness

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eschew

to avoid; shun

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fete

1. a festival or feast 2a. an elaborate, often outdoor entertainment b. an elaborate party

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mete

to distribute by or as if by measure; allot

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penurious

1. unwilling to spend money; stingy 2. yielding little; barren 3. poverty-stricken; destitute

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fop

a man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy

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capitulate

1. to surrender under specified conditions; come to terms. 2 to give up all resistance; acquiesce

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