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    The Picture of Dorian Gray 1&2

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    This document defines 32 words related to nature, family, appearance, finance, and movement. It provides concise definitions for terms like "broods" meaning the children of a family, "candour" meaning forthright expression, and "clusterings" referring to similar things occurring together. The definitions cover a range of topics in only a sentence each to concisely explain the meaning and usage of unfamiliar terms.

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    This document defines 32 words related to nature, family, appearance, finance, and movement. It provides concise definitions for terms like "broods" meaning the children of a family, "candour" meaning forthright expression, and "clusterings" referring to similar things occurring together. The definitions cover a range of topics in only a sentence each to concisely explain the meaning and usage of unfamiliar terms.

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray 1&2

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    This document defines 32 words related to nature, family, appearance, finance, and movement. It provides concise definitions for terms like "broods" meaning the children of a family, "candour" meaning forthright expression, and "clusterings" referring to similar things occurring together. The definitions cover a range of topics in only a sentence each to concisely explain the meaning and usage of unfamiliar terms.

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    1.

    Broods: the children of a family


    2. Candour: chiefly British spelling of candor: unreserved, honest, or sincere
    expression : forthrightness
    3. Chirrup: to utter with a cheerful liveliness
    4. Clustering: a number of similar things that occur together
    5. Comely: pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or
    proportion: having a pleasing appearance: not homely or plain
    6. Dim: perceived by the senses or mind indistinctly or weakly
    7. Dowagers: a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband: a
    dignified elderly woman
    8. Dreadful: causing great and oppressive fear: inspiring awe or reverence
    9. Flitted: to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another

    10. Flung : to move in a brusque or headlong manner

    11. Gape: an unfilled space or extent

    12. Gilt: covered with gold or gilt: of the color of gold

    13. Gleam: a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light: a brief or

    faint appearance
    14. Idle : lacking worth or basis : vain
    15. Maladies : an unwholesome or disordered condition |poverty, homelessness,

    and other social maladies


    16. Poaching: to cook in simmering liquid
    17. Rustle : to act or move with energy or speed

    18. Saddle-bags: one of a pair of covered pouches laid across the back of a horse

    behind the saddle or hanging over the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle: a bulge
    of lumpy fat in the outer area of the upper thighs
    19. Sitter: a person who sits for a portrait or a bust
    20. Skein: something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : tangle : a flock of wildfowl

    (as geese or ducks) in flight


    21. Stockbroker: a broker who executes orders to buy and sell securities and often
    also acts as a security dealer
    22. Strolling: to walk in a leisurely or idle manner
    23. Subtleties: the quality or state of being subtle

    24. Tasseled: something resembling a tassel; especially : the terminal male

    inflorescence of some plants


    25. To and fro: from one place to another
    26. Tremulous: affected with timidity: exceedingly sensitive: such as is or might be

    caused by nervousness or shakiness


    27. Tus sore-silk: a fabric woven from this silk
    28. Void: not occupied: vacant

    29. Whirls: a rapid rotating or circling movement

    30. Woodbine: any of several honeysockles

    31. Woodland: land covered with woody vegetation : timberland, forest

    32. Wreaths: something intertwined or arranged in a circular shape: a decorative

    arrangement of foliage or flowers on a circular base

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