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banal

cliche or overused

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furtive

secretive or clandestine

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antagonism

rivalry or friction between people negative connotation

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4

boisterous

loud

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5

wizened

shriveled

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6

unnerved

to lose courage or to become uneasy

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foray

A foray is an initial attempt or venture into something new, or a sudden attack. For example, you might describe someone's first time trying a new hobby or a business's first time entering a new market as a foray. 

Examples of foray in a sentence: 

  • "Wood's foray into business came against the advice of his friends and family".

  • "This is not Lightfoot's first foray into the Marvel world".

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8

deference

respect or courtesy

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9

pithy

terse and brief

“we need a pithy, short title”

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10

astute

clever and perceptive

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arduous

difficult, requiring hard work

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evanescent

vanishing quickly, dissipating like a vapor

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enigma

a mystery

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14

affinity

empathy, symATHY

or having similarity of characteristics or connection

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15

unruly

disobedient

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16

inveigle

to tempt or persuade by deception or flattery

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17

inculpate

to suggest that someone is guilty

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18

allay

to soothe, ease “ to allay investor’s fears”

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19

decry

to criticize openly

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dissent

to disagree

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21

enamor

to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in passive form. “i grew enamored of that boy when he quoted my favorite love poem”

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22

obsolete

outdated

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23

incur

become subject to (suffer, sustain)

something brought upon yourseld liie if you do not pay bills on time, you will incur lots of fees

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24

insular

isolated

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25

lauded

praised

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26

intransigence

stubborness

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27

ramifications

outcomes or results

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28

nuanced

complex with deep meaning

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tenuous

weak

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