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Spartan -
The term "spartan" became synonymous with fearlessness, harsh and cruel life, endurance or simplicity by design.[4]
 
Franking -
Franking Credits also known as Imputation Credits are a type of tax credit that allows Australian Companies to pass on taxpaid at the company level to shareholders. The benefits are these franking credits can be used to reduce income tax paid on dividends or potentially be received as a tax refund.

In New Zealand, individuals (though not organisations) writing to a Member of Parliament can do so without paying for postage.[26]

The phrase franking is derived from the Latin word "francus" meaning free. Another use of that term is speaking "frankly", i.e. "freely". Because Benjamin Franklin was an early United States Postmaster General, satirist Richard Armour referred to free congressional mailings as the "Franklin privilege."
 
Executrix - A person who acts as an Executer to a will. The person acting to obtain sums for damages and costs on behalf of a dead person for their heirs and to act with them and on behalf of them in obtaining sums or and assets on their behalf.
 
vacillate
[ˈvasəˌlāt]

VERB
vacillating (present participle)
  1. alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
    "I had for a time vacillated between teaching and journalism"
    synonyms:
    dither · be indecisive · be irresolute · be undecided · be uncertain · be unsure · be doubtful · waver · teeter · temporize · hesitate · oscillate · fluctuate · keep changing one's mind · haver · hum and haw · swither · dilly-dally · shilly-shally · blow hot and cold · irresolute · hesitant · tentative · dithering · wavering · teetering · fluctuating · ambivalent · divided · doubtful · unsure · uncertain · in two minds · undecided · indefinite · unresolved · undetermined · dilly-dallying · shilly-shallying · iffy · blowing hot and cold
 
vaxilater - noun
[vaksi ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ]

one who has thoughtfully put others ahead of themselves
 
We listen to linguist Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex in Applied Language Studies on our local ABC Tuesday nights, amazingly I stumped him with this word.

Tittynope: (noun) a small quantity of anything left over, whether a few beans on a dinner plate or the dregs at the bottom of a cup.
In a sentence: “Waste not, want not is the way to be, leave not a tittynope, you’ll never be in need!”
 
Knobby22 said:
Surely the correct word is "appear " rather than "look" as its not just looks but also voice, personality, ability to converse ect.
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Hi, I copied it from the 'Collins dictionary' as I'm not clever enough to know what all these words mean. Personally, I think you are right however I'm not clever you see, lol.
 
noun
noun: contrarian; plural noun: contrarians
  1. a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion, especially in stock exchange dealing.
    "it has become fashionable to be a stock-market contrarian"
adjective
adjective: contrarian
  1. opposing or rejecting popular opinion or current practice.
    "the comment came more from a contrarian disposition than moral conviction"
 

Klunt​

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Klunt​
Scientific name:Iz
First appearance:Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling
The Klunt is a Blug that is extremely aggressive. It has razor-sharp teeth, which it loves to sink into the neck of any Flanimal that gets too close. If the Flanimal the Klunt is trying to bite doesn't get close enough its still not a problem. The Klunt will just walk over to the Flanimal and sink its teeth into its neck anyway.
 
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