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December 24, 2018
84%    16%    #62 votes

What does privy purse mean?

privy purse(noun)
allowance for a monarch's personal expenses

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December 23, 2018
89%    11%    #83 votes

What does revitalisation mean?

revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification(noun)
bringing again into activity and prominence

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December 22, 2018
79%    21%    #55 votes

What does depopulated mean?

depopulated(adj)
having lost inhabitants as by war or disease

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December 21, 2018
69%    31%    #57 votes

What does costliness mean?

costliness, dearness, preciousness(noun)
the quality possessed by something with a great price or value

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December 20, 2018
86%    14%    #55 votes

What does patrician mean?

patrician(noun)
a person of refined upbringing and manners

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December 19, 2018
86%    14%    #48 votes

What does autograft mean?

autograft, autoplasty(noun)
tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person

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December 18, 2018
87%    13%    #109 votes

What does regicide mean?

regicide(noun)
someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

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