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adept
skilled, expert
fortitude
mental or emotional strength
furtive
quiet, cautious, secret
glutton
excessive, greedy eating and drinking
inscrutable
impenetrable, not readily understood
melancholy
a feeling of gloom, thoughtful sadness
nuance
subtle distinction, delicate shading of meaning
pragmatic
practical and useful
punctilious
meticulous, attentive to detail
relinquish
give something up with reluctance
alacrity
cheerful readiness, promptness
debacle
great disaster
bombastic
high-sounding but with little meaning
debilitate
to make someone weak, hinder delay
exhort
strongly urge to do something
exhortation
an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something
insipid
dull, lacking flavor
prosaic
commonplace, unromantic, lacking poetic beauty
shroud
cloth for dead people, a thing that envelops or obscures something
superfluous
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
uncouth
unrefined in appearance
amenable
responsive to advice or suggestion, agreeable
epiphany
sudden realization
credulity
readiness of belief, gullible
incredulous
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
intrepid
having or showing courage
trepidation
a state of fear or anxiety
malice
a desire to harm others or to see others suffer
poignant
moving the emotions, keen or strong in mental appeal
prolific
plentiful
sagacious
wise
vanquish
conquer, defeat
verbose
containing more words than necessary
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