Word Gyan

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Sunanda K. Chavan
punctilious


Strictly attentive to the details of form in action or conduct; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.

bacchanalia

A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.

fey

Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin.

panache

Dash or flamboyance in manner or style
 
votary \VOH-tuh-ree\, noun:

1. One who is devoted, given, or addicted to some particular pursuit, subject, study, or way of life.
2. A devoted admirer.
3. A devout adherent of a religion or cult.
4. A dedicated believer or advocate.
 
kef

it means

"1. A state of drowsy contentment
2. Also, keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state."
 
lyard


Streaked or spotted with gray or white.

rankle

1. To cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in.
2. To continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
 
fascicle

1. A section of a book or set of books published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. A small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
3. Botany. A close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
4. Anatomy. A small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers
 
askance
1. With suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval.
2. With a side glance; sidewise; obliquely.


cosmogony
A theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.


flaxen
1. Of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.
2. Resembling flax.
3. Pertaining to flax.
4. Made of flax.
 
apocrypha

means

1. Various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.

2. A group of 14 books, not considered canonical, included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate as part of the Old Testament, but usually omitted from Protestant editions of the Bible.

3. Writings, statements, etc., of doubtful authorship or authenticit
 
panegyrize

1. To eulogize; to deliver or write a panegyric about.
2. To indulge in panegyric; bestow praises.


stertor

A heavy snoring sound.


procrustean
1. Tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
2. Pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
 
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