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facetious

meant to be humerous

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inchoate

partly formed

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3

harangue

criticize or question angrily

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4

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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7

sycophant

suck-up

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8

non-sequitur

out of context

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restive

shifty / restless

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10

pernicious

extremely harmful

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11

insouciant

nonchalant (a little arrogant)

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12

diatribe

bitter verbal / written attack against someone

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13

jingoistic

extremely patriotic / fervent

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14

implacable

unabled to be changed / calmed

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quotidian

common place

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16

coquette

a flirt

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hirsute

hairy

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18

affinity

inclination towards

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19

coterie

small group of people with common interests / hobbies

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20

deride

ridicule / mock / insult

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21

anomaly

something that deviates from normal

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22

contrite

remorseful / feel sorry for something

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23

erudite

having great knowledge

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24

feckless

useless / incompetent

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25

excoriate

criticize severely

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temerity

excessive / reckless confidence that might be offensive

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27

cantankerous

easily angered

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28

penury

extreme state of poverty

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29

vituperation

an outburst of violently abusive language

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30

supercilious

contemperous arrogance

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gambol

to skip about playfully

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32

folderol

silly nonsense

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33

ennui

boredom / dissatisfaction / loss of interest

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curmudgeon

bad-tempered, disagreeable person

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35

sojourn

a short trip / stay at a place

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36

truculent

displaying great aggression

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gregarious

very friendly / sociable

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38

augment

to increase in amount/intensity

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39

insidious

slowly / subtly harmful or destructive

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40

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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43

fallacious

disceptive / misleading

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44

obfuscate

make something unecessarily confusing

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malaise

general feeling of gloominess without identifiable cause

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46

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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50

debacle

great/humiliating failure

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exonerate

free someone from blame or fault

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52

altruism

unselfish / concern for others welfare attitude

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ignominy

loss of dignity (after public disgrace)

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54

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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57

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

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