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POTPOURRI

a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent

The meaning of the word potpourri is a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent.

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factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
compellingthat compels: such as
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn
appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
inverseopposite in order, nature, or effect
cleaveto adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly
retaliateto return like for like
consanguineousof the same blood or origin