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  Word Descriptions foil, melee, smattering, hedonism, tenacity, marsupial, berretta, portent, chasteness, regimen


   
Description of foil (noun: foils)
light sword; thin metal sheets



   
Description of melee (noun)
a noisy riotous fight; battle royal



   
Description of smattering (noun)
a slight or superficial understanding of a subject



   
Description of hedonism (noun)
an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good



   
Description of tenacity (noun)
persistent determination; persistence; persistency; tenaciousness; pertinacity



   
Description of marsupial (noun)
mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried



   
Description of berretta (noun)
a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; birretta



   
Description of portent (noun)
a sign of something about to happen; presage; prognostic; prognostication; prodigy



   
Description of chasteness (noun)
lack of ornamentation; simplicity; simpleness



   
Description of regimen (noun)
government; reign; mode of rule



  Determinations of the words foil, melee, smattering, hedonism, tenacity, marsupial, berretta, portent, chasteness, regimen

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