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September 29, 2018
91%    9%    #58 votes

What does debonair mean?

debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave(adj)
having a sophisticated charm

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September 28, 2018
96%    4%    #70 votes

What does Probity mean?

probity(noun)
complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles

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September 27, 2018
79%    21%    #66 votes

What does milieu mean?

milieu, surroundings(noun)
the environmental condition

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September 26, 2018
78%    22%    #70 votes

What does phrenology mean?

phrenology(noun)
a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

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September 25, 2018
68%    32%    #65 votes

What does tucana mean?

Tucana(noun)
a large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud

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September 24, 2018
71%    29%    #87 votes

What does bifacial mean?

biface, bifacial(adj)
having two faces or fronts

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September 23, 2018
99%    1%    #66 votes

What does Assuage mean?

pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle(verb)
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

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