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Explanation of facade (noun)
form: facades

a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant



   
Explanation of anachronism (noun)
a person who seems to be displaced in time



   
Explanation of liability (noun)
form: liabilities

the quality of being something that holds you back



   
Explanation of sleeper (noun)
form: sleepers

railroad passenger car with beds



   
Explanation of fatalism (noun)
a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them



   
Explanation of mote (noun)
form: motes

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; particle; corpuscle; speck



   
Explanation of somnambulist (noun)
someone who walks about in their sleep; noctambulist



   
Explanation of levee (noun)
form: levees

an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing



   
Explanation of eddo (noun)
edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants; dasheen



   
Explanation of piddle (noun)
liquid excretory product; pee; weewee; water



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