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Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..

Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..

Disconcertion :: Disconcertion (n.) The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..

Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness..

Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.

Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..

Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.

Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

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