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vertigionous

vertigionous

steep

austere

strict extreme

bombastic

loud but no meaning

loquacious

something very talkative

perfunctory

done without interest or effort

mired

a strech of boggy or swampy ground

concomitants

naturally accompanying or associated

archetypal

very typical

anomalous

deviating from what is standard

Pugilist

a boxer, especially professional

aborigine

a person, animal or plant that has been in a country since early times

dogma

a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority.

insular

ignorant

comorbidities

sickness:The simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

tacitly

very diplomatically indirectly

lambasted

Critisize something/ someone harshly

pernicious

Having a harmful affect in a subtle way.

Fallow

Uncultivated

proliferation

a quick increase

frugal and parsimonious (synonyms)

person who spends money less (miser)

vacuity

empty or lack of

harping

constantly saying something

arbitrary

On a personal whim

Contention

Strong disagreement

Impundent

disrespectful or rude

atavisitic

elating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.

Geriatric

relating to old people, especially with regard to their healthcare. Or an old person receiving care

nascent

just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Austere

Bland, strict

Emaciated

abnormally weak or thin, especially because of illness or a lack of food

cloy

disgust with an excess of sweetness

Redressing

remedy or set right

precluding

preventing from happening

delusory

based on illusion not real
synonyms: illusory, fanciful

engender

cause or give rise to a feeling

assuage

make an unpleasant feeling less intense: to satisfy
synonyms: alleviate mitigate gratify

ubiquitous

all around, found everywhere
synonym: omnipressent

disparages

regard or represent as of little worth

detractor

a person who disparages someone

induce

succeed in persuading someone to do

abtruse

dificult to understand: obtruse
Synonyms: perplexing, involuted, cryptic

buttress

a source of defence or support

paucity

the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
synonym": dearth

innocuous

not helpful or harmful

capricious

given to sudden and unaccountable changes to behaviour
synonym: fickle, haphazard, erratic

alacrity

brisk and cheerful readiness

evince

reveal the presence of a quality or feeling; indicate

nebulous

in the form of a cloud; vague or illdefined

unequivocal

leaving no doubt: unambiguous