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Candy Y. (Taiwan)
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  1. teakettle
    kettle for boiling water to make tea
  2. jujitsu
    a martial artform that involves defending oneself by hand
  3. tambourine
    a shallow drum with metallic disks in the sides
  4. cymbal
    a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk
  5. limousine
    large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
  6. regurgitate
    pour or rush back
  7. ampersand
    a punctuation mark (&) that represents the conjunction "and"
  8. trivet
    a stand, often with short feet, used under a hot dish
  9. hump
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
  10. tiara
    a jeweled, semicircular band worn on the head
  11. googolplex
    a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
  12. reservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
  13. laminated glass
    glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
  14. cufflink
    jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
  15. definitive
    clearly formulated
  16. shiitake
    edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
  17. pendant
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry
  18. gurgle
    make sounds similar to bubbling water
  19. crummy
    of very poor quality
  20. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  21. faucet
    a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid
  22. panicky
    thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  23. asphyxiate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  24. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  25. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  26. concession
    the act of yielding
  27. inertia
    the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion
Created on Tue May 14 22:54:48 EDT 2013 (updated Tue May 14 23:02:29 EDT 2013)

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