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Use the definitions provided to guess the words that contain the indicated string of letters. The string may occur at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the word.

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dag
An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.
adage
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
adagio
An external body part that projects from the body.
appendage
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
bandage
(weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
dagger
The profession of teaching; the activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
pedagogy
 
 
eat
A warning; a qualification or exemption.
caveat
One who violates rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
cheater
To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
entreat
A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
sheath
Covered in perspiration.
sweaty
The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
weather
 
 
fan
(of a person's hair) Styled so as to puff out in a rounded shape.
bouffant
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
fantasy
A very young human being, from birth to the end of the twelfth month of life.
infant
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
infantry
Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
profanity
A dry red wine of California. Or, the small black grape from which that wine is made.
zinfandel
gab
(informal) Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
gabby
(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
gable
(computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.
gigabyte
Extremely persistent and untiring.
indefatigable
(of a body of water) Deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
navigable
1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. 2. One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood. A vagrant, a hobo.
vagabond
 
 
hag
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
chagrin
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
esophagus
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition.
haggard
A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
haggis
To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
haggle
Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
shaggy
 
 
ich
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
cliché
1. To enhance. 2. To make (someone or something) wealthy or wealthier.
enrich
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
lichen
(ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
ostrich
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
quiche
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
sandwich
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