3 LITTLE WORDS
POLYSYLLABIC
DOUBLE U, DOUBLE V OR DOUBLE W
MAN-AGRAMS
SYNONYMS 1 & 2
ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD
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In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary"
full of grace
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4 syllables: exactly the same, like some twins
identical
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It precedes -packed, pump & cleaner
vacuum
100
A great playwright, but:
I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
William Shakespeare
100
Synonyms for huge include elephantine & this extinct elephant-like animal
a mammoth
100
A word following "ready, willing &" becomes this weasel-like animal
a sable
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It's what you "hate to" do if you can't linger after a meal
eat and run
200
5 syllables: part of a fraction that gets its name from a word meaning "to name"
denominator
200
In September 2014 there was a United Tribes International one of these held in Bismarck, North Dakota
a powwow
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He was full of ego:
FEUDING DRUMS
Sigmund Freud
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The type of headline seen here is called a screamer, a streamer, or this other synonym for a flag
a banner
200
To choose by vote; with an "S" in front, you get this related word meaning to choose in preference to another
select
300
In a 1988 political speech, they came before "No new taxes"
read my lips
300
5 syllables: it's the act of putting things off & postponing & putting things off & ...
procrastination
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This wingless larva of a European beetle emits a sustained greenish light; shine, little this! Glimmer, glimmer
glowworm
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A physicist:
ELITE BRAIN NEST
Albert Einstein
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Synonyms for lingo include argot & this other word that also includes "arg"
jargon
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Non-magical "Harry Potter" folk illegally import an "S" to make this word
smuggle
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Proverbially, it "is better than none"
half a loaf
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6 syllables: "royal" state policy of extending power by territorial acquisition
imperialism
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Strip down to your this, underwear consisting of a cotton T-shirt & shorts... Stop! No! We were kidding!
skivvies
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A Hungarian composer:
SNAZZ FLIRT
Franz Liszt
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This 8-letter synonym for a delegate or ambassador comes from the Latin for "to send out"
an emissary
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A word meaning to analyze a sentence in terms of grammar becomes this word meaning meager or scant
sparse
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This phrase for a non-working appliance contains a diminutive of "Friedrich"
on the fritz
500
5 syllables: a 19th c. song said, “I am” this / “then urge me not to pause / for joyfully do I enlist / in freedom’s sacred cause”
abolitionist
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Often followed by "up", it means to distribute (especially among thieves)
divvy
500
A 19th century president:
RUN VIBRANT AMEN
Martin Van Buren
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Why settle for the devil when you can use Satan or the name of this prince of the devils
Beelzebub
500
A European viper, front-loaded with an "S", gets a little more depressed as this word
sadder