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aficionado
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n 1: a fan of bull fighting
2: a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical
performer
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amontillado
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n 1: pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
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avocado
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adj 1: of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
n 1: a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin
and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed [syn:
avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate]
2: tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits [syn:
avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana]
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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bravado
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n 1: a swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado, bluster]
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desperado
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n 1: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn:
desperado, desperate criminal]
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grotto
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n 1: a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn:
grotto, grot]
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incommunicado
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adj 1: without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner
held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"
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lotto
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n 1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and
players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
[syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno]
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dorado
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n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum
and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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mikado
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n 1: the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader
the emperor is called tenno [syn: mikado, tenno]
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colorado
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n 1: a state in west central United States in the Rocky
Mountains [syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
2: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
[syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
3: an important river in the southwestern United States; rises
in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows
southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through
the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip
of Nevada, then forming the border between California and
Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the
Gulf of California; the main source of water in the
southwestern United States [syn: Colorado, Colorado
River]
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eldorado
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n 1: an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought
in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn: El
Dorado, eldorado]
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daw
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n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
[syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula]
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pintado
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n 1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
Atlantic waters [syn: cero, pintado, kingfish,
Scomberomorus regalis]
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strappado
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n 1: a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a
person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope
tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall
is checked with a jerk by the rope [syn: strappado,
strapado]
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abbado
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grado
0
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kadow
0
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prado
0
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rado
0
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aguado
0
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alzado
0
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amado
0
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casado
0
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collado
0
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corrado
0
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cruzado
0
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delgado
0
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furtado
0
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granado
0
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guardado
0
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hurtado
0
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jurado
0
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lagnado
0
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lucado
0
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machado
0
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mercado
0
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morado
0
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morgado
0
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pitblado
0
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preciado
0
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rosado
0
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salgado
0
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tirado
0
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tostado
0
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varnado
0
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varnadoe
0
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vornado
0
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yokado
0
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albarado
0
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baldonado
0
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coronado
0
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cuadrado
0
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maldonado
0
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peinado
0
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regalado
0
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sepulvado
0
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silverado
0
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toronado
0
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dau
0
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aw
0
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dawe
0
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zapateado
0
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pardoe
0