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Word Explanations pauper, ascendancy, idiom, quisling, apothegm, canter, penury, perdition, goitre, mezcal

Explanation of pauper (noun)
form: paupers
a person who is very poor

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Explanation of ascendancy (noun)
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; ascendence; ascendency; control

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Explanation of idiom (noun)
form: idioms
expression; set phrase

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Explanation of quisling (noun)
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

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Explanation of apothegm (noun)
a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm

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Explanation of canter (noun)
a smooth three-beat gait

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Explanation of penury (noun)
a state of extreme poverty or destitution; pauperism; pauperization

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Explanation of perdition (noun)
hell; purgatory; inferno

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Explanation of goitre (noun)
abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; struma; thyromegaly

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Explanation of mezcal (noun)
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; peyote; Lophophora williamsii

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