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  1. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  2. mise en scene
    an arrangement that shows where a play or film takes place
  3. lucubrate
    discuss in a scholarly way, especially in writing
  4. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
  5. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
Created on Thu Jan 31 03:50:10 EST 2008 (updated Thu Mar 27 12:12:22 EDT 2008)

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