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  1. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  2. linoleum
    a floor covering made from linseed oil, cork, and resin
  3. asphyxiating
    tending to deprive of oxygen
  4. inimitable
    matchless
  5. counterinsurgency
    actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
  6. lectern
    desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text
  7. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  8. surreptitiously
    in a secretive manner
  9. matador
    the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
  10. hangar
    a structure where aircraft can be stored and maintained
  11. moor
    come into or dock at a wharf
  12. polychrome
    having or exhibiting many colors
  13. dud
    an explosion that fails to occur
  14. aneurysm
    an abnormal bulge caused by weakening of an artery wall
  15. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  16. plexus
    a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
  17. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  18. floor
    knock down with force
Created on Tue May 14 22:51:49 EDT 2013

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