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fractiousness

irritability

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languid

drooping; without energy, sluggish

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convival

fond of partying; festive

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jauntiness

carefree attitude

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elicited

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions

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vestige

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

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ineffable

inexpressible, indescribable

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debauchee

a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate

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garrulous

excessively talkative

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din

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

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wistfully

longingly; in a wishful manner

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corpulent

excessively fat

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menagerie

place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals

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portentous

foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-conciously weighty, pompous

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reverential

showing respect

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insolence

rude and disrespectful behavior

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interminable

endless

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eddies

a current moving in the opposite direction of the main current

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crescendo

steadily increasing in volume or force

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deftly

quickly and skillfully

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florid

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

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poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; sharp or pungent in taste or smell

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desolate

lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren

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wan

sickly pale

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prodigiality

excessive or extravagant spending

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