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aficionado
(definition)
n 1: a fan of bull fighting
2: a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical
performer
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amontillado
(definition)
n 1: pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
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avocado
(definition)
adj 1: of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
n 1: a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin
and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed [syn:
avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate]
2: tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits [syn:
avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana]
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bastinado
(definition)
n 1: a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
feet
2: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten
with whips or cudgels [syn: bastinado, falanga]
v 1: beat somebody on the soles of the feet
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bravado
(definition)
n 1: a swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado, bluster]
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desperado
(definition)
n 1: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn:
desperado, desperate criminal]
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foreshadow
(definition)
v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
prefigure, forecast, predict]
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grotto
(definition)
n 1: a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn:
grotto, grot]
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incommunicado
(definition)
adj 1: without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner
held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"
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lotto
(definition)
n 1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and
players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
[syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno]
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macho
(definition)
adj 1: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
[syn: butch, macho]
n 1: a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo
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motto
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
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overshadow
(definition)
v 1: be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed
the couple's happiness" [syn: overshadow, dominate,
eclipse]
2: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs
that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]
3: cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"
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shadow
(definition)
n 1: shade within clear boundaries
2: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn:
darkness, dark, shadow]
3: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm,
phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
4: a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his
happiness"
5: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't
a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture,
shadow]
6: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his
father's shadow"
7: a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little
recognition working in the shadow of his father"
8: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
[syn: tail, shadow, shadower]
9: an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's
shadow"
v 1: follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police
are shadowing her"
2: cast a shadow over [syn: shadow, shade, shade off]
3: make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs
that of last year" [syn: shadow, overshadow, dwarf]
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shako
(definition)
n 1: tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial
occasions [syn: bearskin, busby, shako]
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taco
(definition)
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican
descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco]
2: a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
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wacko
(definition)
n 1: a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad [syn:
nutter, wacko, whacko]
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dorado
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum
and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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mikado
(definition)
n 1: the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader
the emperor is called tenno [syn: mikado, tenno]
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eldorado
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought
in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn: El
Dorado, eldorado]
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pintado
(definition)
n 1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
Atlantic waters [syn: cero, pintado, kingfish,
Scomberomorus regalis]
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strappado
(definition)
n 1: a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a
person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope
tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall
is checked with a jerk by the rope [syn: strappado,
strapado]
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carbonado
(definition)
n 1: an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and
polishing [syn: carbonado, black diamond]
2: a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled
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ricardo
(name)
(definition)
n 1: English economist who argued that the laws of supply and
demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823) [syn:
Ricardo, David Ricardo]
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leonardo
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and
architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian
Renaissance (1452-1519) [syn: Leonardo, Leonardo da
Vinci, da Vinci]
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gambado
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abbado
(name)
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grado
(place)
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kadow
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prado
(place)
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rado
(place)
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aguado
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alzado
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amado
(name)
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casado
(name)
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collado
(place)
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corrado
(name)
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cruzado
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delgado
(name)
(place)
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furtado
(name)
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granado
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guardado
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hurtado
(name)
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jurado
(place)
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lagnado
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lucado
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machado
(place)
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mercado
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morado
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morgado
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pitblado
(name)
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preciado
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rosado
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salgado
(place)
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tirado
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tostado
(place)
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varnado
(place)
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varnadoe
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vornado
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yokado
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albarado
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alvarado
(name)
(place)
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baldonado
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coronado
(name)
(place)
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cuadrado
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maldonado
(place)
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peinado
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regalado
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sepulvado
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silverado
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toronado
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dau
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bladow
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jato
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muscovado
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renegado
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zapateado
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bardo
(place)
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barnardo
(name)
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pardoe
(name)