Reconnoiter

explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

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A small boat with a pilot and midshipman was sent in to reconnoiter the harbor.

Provender

food for domestic livestock

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The horses were stabled in a corner, and supplied with provender.

Laconic

brief and to the point; effectively cut short

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the laconic reply; `yes'

Eristic

a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

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Eristic dialogue is arguing for the sake of conflict, fighting, and often to see who can yell the loudest.

Harridan

a scolding (even vicious) old woman

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She has been sitting there, chewing gum, and screaming like an old harridan.

Perfidiou

treacherous; disloyal

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The czarina was strong-minded, but neither cruel nor perfidious.

Smithereen

a collection of small fragments considered as a whole

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The pilot thumbs a firing button, and a family is blown to smithereens.

Empathy

understanding and entering into another's feelings

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The ethical rationale of the fast is to teach self-discipline, humility, and empathy with the poor.

Duplicity

a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

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Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.

Esculent

Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

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The esculent variety, in Europe, is the common green or gibbous frog, the Rana esculenta of Linnus.

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