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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

From Our Tree To Yours

Happy holidays!

Posted by Kate at 20.12.11

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Aplomb
Archive
Assignation
Beckon
Besmirch
Burgher
Byzantine
Ceviche
Chicanery
Chiffon
Chilly
Concubinage
Contiguous
Coq au Vin
Couture
Detente
Effete
Efficacy
Egregious
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Extant
Hagiography
Impel
Indolent
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Jocular
Laconic
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Meringue
Milieu
Misnomer
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Pedantic
Philistine
Philology
Pontificate
Procure
Purloin
Raconteur
Rant
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Reign
Salient
Sanguine
Scofflaw
Sleet
Somnolent
Sophistical
Soupcon
Staid
Succulent
Sulk
Taciturn
Venerable

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