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Ostentatious
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
Delude
________: impose a misleading belief upon.
Forum
________: a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
Insurrection
________: a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Renaissance
________: a revival of or renewed interest in something.
Felonious
________: relating to or involved in crime.
Fealty
________: formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord.
Alienate
________: when a person withdraws or becomes isolated.
Laggards
________: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
Jeopardize
________: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Fatalistic
________: relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined.
Enmity
________: the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
Paucity
________: the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.
Pensive
________: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
Entities
________: a thing with distinct and independent existence.
Prose
________: ritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
Status quo
________: the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
alienate
when a person withdraws or becomes isolated
antiquated
old-fashioned or outdated
cogitate
think deeply on something
commandeered
officially take possession or control of
composite
made up of various parts or elements
dally
act or move slowly
delude
impose a misleading belief upon
efface
erase (a mark) from a surface
enmity
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something
enticed
attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage
entities
a thing with distinct and independent existence
fatalistic
relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined
fealty
formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord
felonious
relating to or involved in crime
forum
a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged
ingrate
an ungrateful person
insurrection
a violent uprising against an authority or government
jaded
tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
jeopardize
put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure
laggards
a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others
paucity
the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity
pensive
engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought
prose
ritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
renaissance
a revival of or renewed interest in something
obtrude
impose or force (something) on someone in an intrusive way
ostentatious
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice
stark
severe or bare in appearance or outline
status quo
the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues
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