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The Words of Sherlock Holmes

Word List with 20 words
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cesspool

A cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.

antidote

A medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.

dispatch

An official communication sent by special messenger.

truculent

Fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.

satiate

To supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.

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bascule

A device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.

suppress

To withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).

stagnant

Inactive, sluggish, or dull.

swindle

To cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.

prime minister

The principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry.

minister

A person appointed by or under the authority of a sovereign or head of a government to some high office of state, especially to that of head of an administrative department.

secretary

A diplomatic official of an embassy or legation who ranks below a counselor.

deviant

A person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.

proclivities

Natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition.

disparity

Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference.

ethereal

Light, airy, or tenuous.

regale

To entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.