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Agpie- pie used to transport vampire trappings; other ingredients include a deadly dose of garlic (Death at first bite)


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DOTTEREL

PRONUNCIATION: (DOT-uhr-uhl)

MEANING: noun:
1. Any of various plovers breeding in mountainous areas.
2. Someone who is easily duped.

ETYMOLOGY: From dote (to be weak-minded from old age), from Middle English doten (to be foolish) + -rel (diminutive or pejorative suffix), as in doggerel and wastrel. The metaphorical sense of the word derives from the apparently unsuspecting nature of the bird. Earliest documented use: 1440.
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DONTEREL - Stop, Mr Flynn!

DOTTEREI - Pointillism, in Germany

GOTTEREL - how the German language sounds

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DOTterel- department of transportation flagged

Lotterel- salt of the earth

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AMBIT

PRONUNCIATION: (AM-bit)

MEANING: noun: Scope, range, limit, or boundary.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ambitus (going around), from ambire (to go around), from ambi- (both, around) + ire (to go). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ei- (to go), which also gave us exit, transit, circuit, itinerary, obituary, adit, and arrant. Earliest documented use: 1398.
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AMBILT - completed in not just a day, but in a single morning. Unlike Rome.

AMFIT - a proclamation of one's excellent physical condition

AMOBIT - like he used to love, sorta, like, in Old Rome


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Tambit- real sweet

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Feculate- bad breath feculate

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PECULATE

PRONUNCIATION: (PEK-yuh-layt)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one’s care.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pecu (cattle, money). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peku- (wealth), which also gave us fee, fief, fellow, peculiar, impecunious, and pecuniary. Earliest documented use: 1715.

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PERCULATE - mispronunciation of an old-style coffee pot

OPECULATE - the oil cartel missed a bond payment

PECULANTE - petty theft at the poker table

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RESUMPTIVE

PRONUNCIATION: (ri-ZUHMP-tiv)

MEANING: adjective: Tending to resume, repeat, or summarize.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin resumere (to resume), from re- (again) + sumere (to take). Earliest documented use: 1398.

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RESUMPTIRE - the doughnut spare in your trunk

RESUMATIVE - 1. permitting you to continue on (see RESUMPTIRE above);
2. You made a mistake, add 'em up again

ARESUMPTIVE - afflicted with Martian tuberculosis



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Repumptive- adding air to your Jacko lantern, similar to a facelift.


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Relumptive- adding lumps to duchess potatoes

Resumptine- King Triton's trident used to part the ocean

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