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ante
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n 1: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to
the pot
v 1: place one's stake
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anti
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adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro]
n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice
etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
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auntie
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n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
[syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
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bacchante
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n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
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chantey
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n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn:
chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
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dilettante
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adj 1: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish;
"his dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn:
dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish,
sciolistic]
n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn:
dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]
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flaunty
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adj 1: inclined to flaunt
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grantee
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n 1: a recipient of a grant
2: someone to whom the title of property is transferred [syn:
alienee, grantee]
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jaunty
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adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]
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scanty
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adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a),
scanty, spare]
n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]
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shanty
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n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel,
hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn:
chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
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vigilante
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n 1: member of a vigilance committee [syn: vigilante,
vigilance man]
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monte
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n 1: a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are
dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be
matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the
pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte,
three-card monte]
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visconti
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n 1: Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) [syn: Visconti, Luchino
Visconti, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone]
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dante
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n 1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that
describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise
guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
[syn: Dante, Dante Alighieri]
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chanty
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n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn:
chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
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chianti
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n 1: dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of
Tuscany
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aunty
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n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
[syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
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briganti
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crisanti
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disanti
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ferranti
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galanti
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grisanti
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lisanti
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vacanti
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monty
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fante
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fanti
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figurante
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pococurante
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