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Pyrrhic Victory

A victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat.

Avenaceous

Relating to or like oats.

Fossick

to search for mineral deposits, usually over ground previously worked by others; to search for small items.

To search; ferret out.

Katabasis

A retreat, especially a military one.

Haphazard

lacking any obvious principle of organization

Polydactyly

A condition in which a person or animal has more than five fingers or toes on one, or on each, hand or foot. Thumbcats.

Oligopoly

A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.

Buskin

1. A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather.2. A thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height.

Galosh

A waterproof overshoe

Penurious

1.Extremely poor; poverty-stricken 2.Mean

Expostulate

Express strong disapproval or disagreement

Poetaster

A person who writes inferior poetry.

That would be me...

Concupiscent

Filled with sexual desire; lustful

Mysophobia

a morbid fear of dirt or contamination

Anomia

A form of aphasia which results in an inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.

Procumbent

having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots

Gasconade

Extravagant boasting

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