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BREVIARY - "A breviary is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times"

Carillon - "a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells"

CHIMERICAL - "existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary or improbable"

DISAPPROBATION - "strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds"

EGREGORE - "An egregore is a concept in Western esotericism of a non-physical entity or thoughtform that arises from the collective thoughts and emotions of a distinct group of individuals"

graminivorous - "A graminivore is a herbivorous animal that feeds primarily on grass, specifically "true" grasses, plants of the family Poaceae. Graminivory is a form of grazing"

LIMN - "suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright colour or light"

 

limnology - "the study of inland waters"

obstreperous - "NOisy and difficult to control"

OPPROBRIOUS - "of language) expressing scorn or criticism."

ORRERY - "a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model"

 

PROPINQUITY - "the state of being close to someone or something; proximity."

SILLAGE - "in perfume refers to the trail created by a perfume when it is worn on the skin. It comes from the word in French for 'wake' and can best be described as how a fragrance diffuses behind the wearer as they move."

 

vibrissae - whiskers!

VULGARIAN - an unrefined person, especially one with newly acquired power or wealth

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