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attune
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v 1: adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
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baboon
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n 1: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
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balloon
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n 1: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the
earth but storms forced him to land in China"
2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow]
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bassoon
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n 1: a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
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boon
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adj 1: very close and convivial; "boon companions"
n 1: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a
spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing,
boon]
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buffoon
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n 1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown, buffoon]
2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn:
clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew]
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coon
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n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon
when the battle starts"
2: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger,
nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
3: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common
racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]
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macaroon
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n 1: chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
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maroon
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adj 1: of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: maroon,
brownish-red]
n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide
came in I was a maroon out there"
2: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the
travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand]
2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The
mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
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octoroon
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n 1: an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who
is one-eighth black
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platoon
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n 1: a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually
has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually
commanded by a lieutenant
2: a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
3: a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity;
"platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the
defensive platoon of the football team"
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poltroon
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adj 1: characterized by complete cowardliness
n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant]
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quadroon
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n 1: an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who
is one-quarter black
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rune
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n 1: any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in
Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each
rune had its own magical significance" [syn: rune, runic
letter]
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cameroon
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n 1: an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on
the West African coast
2: a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under
French and British control until 1960 [syn: Cameroon,
Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun]
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gadroon
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caroon
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patroon
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bestrewn
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octaroon
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