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Jericho L. (United States of America)
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  1. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  2. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  3. architrave
    the molding around a door or window
  4. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  5. polysemy
    the property of a word or expression having multiple meanings
  6. hauteur
    overbearing pride with a superior manner toward inferiors
  7. epilation
    loss of hair; the result of removing hair
Created on Sun Mar 08 03:34:22 EDT 2009 (updated Sun Jun 07 02:33:48 EDT 2009)

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