Day 57
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antidote
antitoxin
AN-ti-doht]
medicine used against a poison; counteracting agent
chimera
illusion
kye-MEER-uh
an illusion
elucidate
clarify
ih-LOO-suh-dayt
to explain, clarify
gnaw
bite persistently
naw
to bite persistently; wear away
inexorable
inflexible
ihn-EHK-suhr-uh-buhl
that cannot be changed; inflexible
itinerate
travel around
y-TIN-uh-rut
to travel from place to place
leaven
ferment
LEV-uhn
to make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc.
luculent
lucid
LOO-kyoo-luhnt
clear, convincing
momentous
very important
moh-MEN-tuhs
very important; of great significance
obtuse
unintelligent
ahb-TOOS
not quick in perception; not clear in thought or expression
pretentious
pompous
pri-TEN-shuhs
pompous; self-important
saw
proverb
saw
a wise saying, maxim, or proverb
soporific
causing sleep
sahp-uhr-IHF-ihk
causing sleep or drowsiness
streak
long & thin mark
streek
a long, narrow mark or band of color; to move very fast
tassel
bunch of threads
TAS-uhl
an ornament consisting of a bunch of threads