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showstopper
SHOH-stawp-uhr <English an act, song, or performer that wins applause so long as to interrupt a performance
floweret
flou-uhr-ET <English<French a small bloom; one of the single blooms that make up the head of a composite plant
crusade
kroo-SAYD <Latin any of the Christian military expeditions (11th to 13th century) to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims
statuary
STACH-oo-er-ee <Latin figures carved in stone collectively
atrocious
uh-TROH-shuhs <Latin very cruel; very bad
insurgency
in-SUHRJ-uhn-see <Latin revolt; the rising up against established authority
parvitude
PAWRV-uh-tood <Latin smallness
deterrence
dee-TUHR-uhnts <Latin + Ecf that which discourages or keeps someone from doing something
apotheosis
uh-paw-thee-OH-suhs <Greek the glorification of a person or thing; the making of a person or thing a God
umfaan
UM-fawn <Afrikaans<Zulu a boy employed in southern Africa to care for small children or do general work
