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  Word Descriptions progenitor, torso, garrulity, enmity, drudgery, decrepitude, pouffe, paleontology, apprisal, nubbiness


   
Description of progenitor (noun: progenitors)
an ancestor in the direct line



   
Description of torso (noun: torsos, torsi)
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; body



   
Description of garrulity (noun)
the quality of being wordy and talkative; loquaciousness; loquacity; talkativeness



   
Description of enmity (noun: enmities)
the feeling of a hostile person; ill will



   
Description of drudgery (noun)
hard monotonous routine work; grind; donkeywork



   
Description of decrepitude (noun)
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use



   
Description of pouffe (noun)
thick cushion used as a seat; puff; hassock



   
Description of paleontology (noun)
the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains; fossilology



   
Description of apprisal (noun)
informing by words; notification



   
Description of nubbiness (noun)
looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth); tweediness



  Determinations of the words progenitor, torso, garrulity, enmity, drudgery, decrepitude, pouffe, paleontology, apprisal, nubbiness

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