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  1. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
  2. hector
    talk to or treat someone in a bossy or bullying way
  3. Geronimo
    Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
  4. shrapnel
    shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
  5. vulcanize
    undergo treatment with sulfur and heat to make stronger
  6. Frankenstein
    the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
  7. Boswell
    Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson
  8. ampere
    the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  9. cupid
    a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow
  10. yahoo
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  11. diesel
    an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
  12. mentor
    a wise and trusted guide and advisor
  13. Dracula
    comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
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