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Minuit
- noun - Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)
Obduct
- - To draw over; to cover.
Occult
- adjective - become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
- cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
- hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
- hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
- supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
- supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"
Penult
- noun - the next to last syllable in a word
Piquet
- noun - a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
- a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
Proust
- noun - French novelist (1871-1922)
Reduit
- - A central or retired work within any other work.
Reluct
- - To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.