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Date: 24 March 2019
Nosegay
[noun]
MEANING:
a small bunch of flowers
Janus-faced
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. having two faces, one of them looking towards the future while the other towards the past, like the deity janus
2. deceiving by hiding one's true intentions and feelings behind a pretence or show of something else; two faced
3. marked by or concerned with contrasting ideas, aspects or polarities
Mellifluous
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. having a sweet, smooth flow; pleasing to hear
2. sweetened, as if with honey
Paucity
[noun]
MEANING:
smallness or scarcity of quantity
Rapier
[noun]
MEANING:
a thin two-edged sword used for thrusting