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- 261. Ambrose Bierce: DEGENERATE, adj. Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors. The contempo ...
- 262. Ambrose Bierce: DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two enemies. Gre ...
- 263. Ambrose Bierce: EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death hav ...
- 264. Ambrose Bierce: FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy i ...
- 265. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 266. Ambrose Bierce: FRANKALMOIGNE, n. The tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands on con ...
- 267. Ambrose Bierce: GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outsid ...
- 268. Ambrose Bierce: GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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- 269. Ambrose Bierce: GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to ...
- 270. Ambrose Bierce: HADES, n. The lower world; the residence of departed spirits; the place where th ...
- 271. Ambrose Bierce: HEAD-MONEY, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax.
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- 272. Ambrose Bierce: IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble c ...
- 273. Ambrose Bierce: IMPROBABILITY, n.
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- 274. Ambrose Bierce: INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
- 275. Ambrose Bierce: KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although h ...
- 276. Ambrose Bierce: LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily app ...
- 277. Ambrose Bierce: LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. ...
- 278. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 279. Ambrose Bierce: MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or servi ...
- 280. Ambrose Bierce: PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction -- prototype ...
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