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Word Explanations alimony, reprieve, adherent, cache, hireling, intuition, voyeur, mirid, pandemonium, dousing

Explanation of alimony (noun)
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

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Explanation of reprieve (noun)
postponement; delay

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Explanation of adherent (noun)
form: adherents
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

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Explanation of cache (noun)
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons); hoard; stash

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Explanation of hireling (noun)
a person who works only for money

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Explanation of intuition (noun)
form: intuitions
an impression that something might be the case; suspicion

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Explanation of voyeur (noun)
a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others; peeper

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Explanation of mirid (noun)
a variety of leaf bug; capsid

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Explanation of pandemonium (noun)
form: pandemoniums
a state of extreme confusion and disorder; bedlam; topsy-turvydom; topsy-turvyness

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Explanation of dousing (noun)
the act of wetting something by submerging it; ducking

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Meaning of alimony, reprieve, adherent, cache, hireling, voyeur