NARWHALS amid DUGONGS

perpetually rolling through the astronomical nothingness.
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03/09: kitchen cabinet

\ˈki-chən-ˈkab-nit\ noun *1: an informal group of advisers to one in a position of power;
2: a cupboard for use in a kitchen.

*In his cover story on Nelson Mandela for Time magazine, Richard Stengel told how the president “often called meetings of his kitchen cabinet at his home in Houghton.”

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03/08: torpor

\ˈtȯr-pər\ noun 1: a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility;
*2: apathy or dullness.

*The magazine article provided ideas for activities designed to shake off the torpor of a rainy day.

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03/07: ilk

\ˈilk\ noun: sort or kind.

The cabin’s porch has a big hole under the stairs that lets in mice, squirrels, and other small creatures of that ilk.

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03/06: crapulous

\ˈkra-pyə-ləs\ adjective 1: marked by intemperance, especially in eating or drinking;
*2: sick from excessive indulgence in liquor.

*Most of the guests were still crapulous from the previous night’s bacchic revelry.

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03/05: penchant

\ˈpen-chənt\ noun: a strong and continued inclination; broadly: a liking.

Susan’s penchant for mathematics helped her to become a successful electrical engineer.

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