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facetious
meant to be humerous
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inchoate
partly formed
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harangue
criticize or question angrily
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bovine
slowness of a cow
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accede
give consent to
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bonhomie
easy, good-humored friendiness
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sycophant
suck-up
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non-sequitur
out of context
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restive
shifty / restless
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pernicious
extremely harmful
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insouciant
nonchalant (a little arrogant)
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diatribe
bitter verbal / written attack against someone
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jingoistic
extremely patriotic / fervent
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implacable
unabled to be changed / calmed
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quotidian
common place
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coquette
a flirt
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hirsute
hairy
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affinity
inclination towards
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coterie
small group of people with common interests / hobbies
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deride
ridicule / mock / insult
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anomaly
something that deviates from normal
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contrite
remorseful / feel sorry for something
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erudite
having great knowledge
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feckless
useless / incompetent
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excoriate
criticize severely
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temerity
excessive / reckless confidence that might be offensive
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cantankerous
easily angered
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penury
extreme state of poverty
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vituperation
an outburst of violently abusive language
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supercilious
contemperous arrogance
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gambol
to skip about playfully
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folderol
silly nonsense
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ennui
boredom / dissatisfaction / loss of interest
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curmudgeon
bad-tempered, disagreeable person
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sojourn
a short trip / stay at a place
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truculent
displaying great aggression
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gregarious
very friendly / sociable
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augment
to increase in amount/intensity
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insidious
slowly / subtly harmful or destructive
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kismet
fate
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enmity
extreme hatred between two enemies
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denizen
inhabitant of a particular place
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fallacious
disceptive / misleading
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obfuscate
make something unecessarily confusing
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malaise
general feeling of gloominess without identifiable cause
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peculate
get money through theft/embezzlement
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efficacious
power to produce desired effect/result
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ubiquitous
widespread
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lugubrious
extremely sad/gloomy
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debacle
great/humiliating failure
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exonerate

free someone from blame or fault

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altruism

unselfish / concern for others welfare attitude

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ignominy

loss of dignity (after public disgrace)

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soporific

causing drowiness bc boring

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enigma

sombody/thing that isn’t easily explained/understood

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dilatory

tending to waste time / move slowly

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myopic

short-sighted

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moribund

nearly dead / lost all sense of purpose

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alacrity

eager

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surfeit

excessive amount of something