[ spon-dee ]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
[ lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin ]
characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters; freethinking in matters of religion
[ tohm ]
a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
[ am-bi-dek-struhs ]
able to use both hands equally well
[ pik-uh-resk ]
pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction originally developed in Spain in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes often depicting, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people
[ skey-thing ]
bitterly severe, as in a remark
[ dahy-af-uh-nuhs ]
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent
[ in-awr-dn-it ]
unusually or disproportionately large; excessive
[ a-duhm-breyt ]
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch
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