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Abhi's List 25 words

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  1. doldrums
    a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
  2. moribund
    being on the point of death; breathing your last
  3. felucca
    a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
  4. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  5. lateen
    a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
  6. dropsical
    swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
  7. asunder
    into parts or pieces
  8. quirk
    a strange attitude or habit
  9. phonograph
    machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
  10. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  11. tempest
    a violent commotion or disturbance
  12. polemic
    a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
  13. genitive
    serving to express or indicate possession
  14. kindred
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  15. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  16. aver
    to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  17. flinch
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  18. ad nauseam
    to a sickening extent
  19. archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
  20. minimalist
    a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
  21. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  22. apoplexy
    a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
  23. fontanelle
    any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
  24. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  25. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise