par və nu noun a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. example: At the posh…
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hamlet
haem liht noun a small village or settlement.
vitiate
vI shi eIt transitive verb 1. to make (a legal document or the like) ineffective or invalid. Example: This new evidence vitiates your testimony. 2. to harm the quality of; mar; spoil….
natant
neI tənt adjective swimming or floating on or in water. example: The gnat and the tadpole resemble each other in their change from natant animals with gills into aerial animals with lungs….
pastiche
pae stish [or] pa stish noun 1. a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn…