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  Word Descriptions desperado, dire, scad, niggle, mountebank, gibberish, articled, bravado, nigrify, insubordinate


   
Description of desperado (noun: desperadoes, desperados)
a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier); criminal; felon; crook



   
Description of dire (adjective: direr; direst)
causing fear or dread or terror; dreaded; dreadful; horrendous; horrific; terrible



   
Description of scad (noun)
any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae



   
Description of niggle (verb: niggled; niggled; niggling)
argue over petty things; pettifog; bicker; squabble; brabble



   
Description of mountebank (noun)
a flamboyant deceiver



   
Description of gibberish (noun)
unintelligible talking



   
Description of articled (adjective)
bound by contract; bound; indentured



   
Description of bravado (noun: bravadoes, bravados)
a swaggering show of courage



   
Description of nigrify (verb)
make or become black; melanise; black



   
Description of insubordinate (adjective)
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; resistive



  Determinations of the words desperado, dire, scad, niggle, mountebank, gibberish, articled, bravado, nigrify, insubordinate

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