Real American Vocabulary
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Talisman
An amulet/charm; an object thought to possess magical powers
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Halycon
Happy; peaceful
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Interloper
An intruder
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Amorphous
Shapeless
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Vociferous
Crying out noisily
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Raucous
Harsh; rowdy
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Excise
To remove by cutting
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Metastasize
To spread or grow dangerously
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Quintessential
Of pure and essential essence of something
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Transgressive
breaking a law or overstepping a boundary
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Acerbic
Sour in taste; harsh
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Erudite
Scholarly
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Excoriate
to denounce or berate severely
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Visage
A face; a facial expression
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Irrevocable
Not able to be revoked
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Ambiguity
The state of being ambiguous; a word or expression that can be understood in two or more different ways
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Lithe
Characterized by grace and flexibility
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Assuage
To appease; to pacify
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Vitriol
Bitterness
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Scaffold
To support
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