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dropouts

ˈdrɒpaʊt

noun

a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

a college dropout

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dropout

ˈdrɒpaʊt

noun

a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

a college dropout

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drollest

drəʊl

adjective

curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

his unique brand of droll self-mockery

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droller

drəʊl

adjective

curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

his unique brand of droll self-mockery

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droll

drəʊl

adjective

curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

his unique brand of droll self-mockery

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noun

a jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

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deviants

ˈdiːvɪənt

noun

a deviant person or thing.

killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension

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deviant

ˈdiːvɪənt

adjective

departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour.

deviant behaviour

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noun

a deviant person or thing.

killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension

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daftest

dɑːft

adjective

silly; foolish.

don’t ask such daft questions

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dafter

dɑːft

adjective

silly; foolish.

don’t ask such daft questions

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daft

dɑːft

adjective

silly; foolish.

don’t ask such daft questions

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cranky

ˈkraŋki

adjective

eccentric or strange.

a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere

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crankiest

ˈkraŋki

adjective

eccentric or strange.

a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere

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crankier

ˈkraŋki

adjective

eccentric or strange.

a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere

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bizarre

bɪˈzɑː

adjective

very strange or unusual.

a bizarre situation

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beatniks

/ˈbiːtnɪk/

noun

A young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

her long black hair and comfortable clothes are the badge of the artist and beatnik

beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric

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beatnik

/ˈbitnɪk/

noun

A young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

her long black hair and comfortable clothes are the badge of the artist and beatnik

beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric

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anomalous

/əˈnɑmələs/

adjective

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

an anomalous situation

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