Vocabulary November 2022 - Guardian

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• gamut the complete range or scope of something
• taupe gray with a tinge of brown
• fawn a young deer in its first six months, or a light brown colour.
• ecru the light fawn colour of unbleached linen
• unfettered unrestrained or uninhibited¨
• flouting the law openly disregarding the law
• coerced confessions confessions obtained by using force or threats
• the world's most prolific user present in a large number or quantity (eg about users around the world)
• ousting drive out or remove from a position of power
• gossamer a light, thin and insubstantial or delicate material
• extradite hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to the jurisdiction of the foreign country where the crime was committed
• hogmanay Scottish New Year's Eve
• Ceilidh Scottish singing and dancing festivity
• Lauded highly praised or admired
• skew a bias towards one particular group or subject
• quash reject as invalid, esp by legal procedure
• doyenne the most respected or prominen woman in a particular field
• red herring clue that is misleading
• gauge an instrument that gives a visual display of the amount, the level or contents of something
• libel förtal

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