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  1. ERNEST

  2. RETORE

    A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

  3. LOLLED

    (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.

  4. GNARRS

    A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

  5. RECANE

    (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

  6. ARMETS

    A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.

  7. EASTER

    (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

  8. DETEST

    (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.

  9. SANDED

    Covered with sand.

  10. SNEESH

    snuff

  11. DESALT

    (transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate.

  12. SMARMS

    Smarmy language or behavior.

  13. LESSEE

    An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.

  14. FRETTY

    Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.

  15. SAIGAS

    Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

  16. TERSER

    (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

  17. ASPERS

    (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

  18. TOLLER

    A person who collects tolls; a tollkeeper.

  19. TESTES

    (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.

  20. CREASE

    A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

  21. TASSEL

    A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

  22. SEREST

    A surname.

  23. TAILER

    One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.

  24. SWEARS

    (ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.