Harridan (noun)


Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers was the first fictional harridan I knew. This virago was very vicious and always scolded her soldiers to attack the rangers.


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Synonyms: crone, hag, nagger, shrew, strumpet, virago, vixen

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Curry (verb)


My mother often curries chicken or eggs with her secret recipe, but I like them fried.


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Part of Speech: noun
Definition: food seasoning
Synonyms: condiment, relish, sauce, seasoning

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Coterie (noun)


High school life is full of cliques and coteries. Teenagers tend to use such circles to identify themselves.

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Rankle (verb)

Spongebob and Patrick rankles Squidward whenever he tries to appease himself.


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–verb (used without object)
1. (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.

–verb (used with object)

2.
to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment


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synonyms: aggravate, embitter, fester, nettle, pester, plague

antonyms: assuage, delight, please

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Scourge (noun)

The pirate uses a scourge to punish his slaves. He never gives them any reward.


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–noun
1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

–verb (used with object)
4. to whip with a scourge; lash.
5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.

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Hegira (noun)


Some birds have a hegira, heading to south, before winter. Some of them may never return.


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Word Origin & History

hegira
1590, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons. From Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."

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Hyperborean (noun)


Hyperboreans lives in a far northern region, so they would not stand in sultry places like Indonesia.


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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
4. of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

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