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Apposite
(adj): appropriate; suitable; apt
Augur
(n): a prophet or seer
(v): to predict foreshadow
Bilk
(v): to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of; to frustrate, thwart
Charisma
(n): the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power
Debilitate
(v): to make weak or feeble
Execrable
(adj): utterly detestable, hateful, or abhorrent; extremely inferior
Impinge
(v): to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or obtrude upon; to make an impression upon
Labyrinth
(n): a bewildering maze; any confusing or complicated situation
Narcissism
(n): excessive self-love; absorption in oneself
Pastiche
(n): a dramatic, musical, or literary work made up of bits and pieces from other sources
Penultimate
(adj): next to the last
Precarious
(adj): very uncertain or unsure; dangerous or risky
Rapport
(n): a close and harmonious relationship
Utilitarian
(adj): stressing practically over other considerations; relating to the belief that what is good or desirable is determined purely by its usefulness
Vacuous
(adj): devoid of matter, substance, or meaning; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless
Vagary
(n): an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion
Viable
(adj): capable of living or developing under normal circumstances
Xenophobia
(n): undue or unreasonable fear, hatred, or contempt of foreigners or strangers or of what is foreign or strange
Zany
(adj): clownish or funny in a crazy, bizarre, or ludicrous way
(n): one who plays the clown
Zealot
(n): a fanatical partisan; an ardent follower
