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carnivore
noun a flesh-eating animal, esp. a meat-eating mammal. (Cf. herbivore.)Cats are carnivores, but they like to nibble on certain plants as well. See the full entry
amiss
adverb out of the proper course or order; wrongly; mistakenly.I’m sorry if I spoke amiss. See the full entry
paltry
small, trifling, or worthless.She offered the boy a paltry sum to mow her tremendous law.They made him such a paltry offer that he turned it down immediately.I wouldn’t worry about a paltry…
fresco
noun the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. The walls of the vast church were adorned with frescoes….