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sprite - A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers.
Synonyms: fairy, fay
Usage: She seemed rather an airy sprite, which, after playing its fantastic sports for a little while upon the cottage floor, would flit away with a mocking smile.
ringer - A person who is almost identical to another.
Synonyms: clone
Usage: I have been told I am a ringer for Bono, but the similarities end the moment I pick up a microphone.
decennium - A period of 10 years.
Synonyms: decade
Usage: The past decennium has seen many technological advances, but I sometimes wonder if humanity would have been better off without them.
vendue - The public sale of something to the highest bidder.
Synonyms: auction
Usage: Most of George's possessions will be sold at vendue to help settle his sizable debts.
dustup - An angry dispute.
Synonyms: quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words
Usage: The teacher put a stop to the boys' dustup before it could come to blows.
extrasensory - seemingly outside normal sensory channels
Antonyms: sensorial
beneficent - Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
Antonyms: maleficent
Usage: In 1909, nuns were running more than 1,000 beneficent institutions.
unmelted - not melted; "streets unpassable because of piles of unmelted snow"
Antonyms: liquified, liquid
multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"
Antonyms: single
baseless - Having no basis or foundation in fact.
Antonyms: supported, proven, confirmed, verified, validated, substantiated, corroborated, well-founded, authenticated
Usage: The governor has released a statement calling the reports of corruption completely baseless and without merit.
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