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DEFINITION: (adjective) Very good; of the highest quality.

SYNONYMS: excellent, fantabulous, splendid.

USAGE: The power of the lantern seemed increased a hundredfold, like a lamp through the lenticular plates of a first-class lighthouse.

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DEFINITION: (noun) <i>(Nontechnical usage)</i> A tiny piece of anything.

SYNONYMS: mote, particle, speck, atom, molecule.

USAGE: I would not touch one corpuscle of that germ-ridden filth.

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DEFINITION: (verb) Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.

SYNONYMS: disinter.

USAGE: Hoping to uncover evidence of foul play, the police chief ordered that the body be exhumed.

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DEFINITION: (noun) Showy but worthless finery; bric-a-brac.

SYNONYMS: falderol, gimcrack, nonsense, frill.

USAGE: She may look confident and stylish with all those bangles and accessories, but underneath all that trumpery is an insecure girl trying to make her way in the world.

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DEFINITION: (noun) The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).

SYNONYMS: sempiternity.

USAGE: Whoever has travelled in the New England States will remember…the air of order and stillness, of perpetuity and unchanging repose, that seemed to breathe over the whole place.

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DEFINITION: (noun) Something of little value or significance.

SYNONYMS: frippery, bagatelle, fluff.

USAGE: There is a serious message beneath this frivolity.

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DEFINITION: (adjective) Utter; complete.

SYNONYMS: undiminished.

USAGE: My fortitude was beginning to sink under the unrelieved oppression of suspense.

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DEFINITION: (verb) Expel air.

SYNONYMS: breathe out, expire.

USAGE: Exhale when you lift the weight.

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DEFINITION: (noun) Someone who fights bulls.

SYNONYMS: bullfighter.

USAGE: The toreador stepped out of the path of the charging bull at the last possible moment, drawing cheers from the spectators.

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DEFINITION: (adjective) Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms.

SYNONYMS: worm-eaten, wormy.

USAGE: I returned from vacation to find my yard littered with vermiculate, rotting plums that had fallen from the tree while I was away.

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