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willful
stubborn, obstinate

frivolous
lacking seriousness

diffident
lacking self-confidence

ramification
consequence

preempt
to supersede; appropriate for oneself

surrogate
substitute

congenial
friendly, agreeable
avert
to turn away

forfeit
to give up

banal, trite, hackneyed
common, ordinary, cliche
heresy, heretic (one guilt of heresy)
against orthodox opinion

artifice
deception; trickery

ingenuous, innocuous
innocent and naive

ingenious
clever; resourceful

rueful
feeling sorrow or regret

tepid
lukewarm, unenthusiastic

dampen
to deaden, restrain, or repress

categorical
absolute; without exception

elucidate, construe
to make clear

decimate, annihilate, obliterate
to destroy

flag (v.)
to mark or highlight; to become tired or weak (began to flag)

flag sbd/sth down
to waive (driver/taxi) to stop

aggrandize
to increase or make greater

epitome
a typical example

ossified
become fixed and rigid

caricature
silly and partially true depiction of a person

hunch
a guess or feeling (not based on known facts)

condone
accept/forgive morally wrong behavior

flout
to mock, treat with contempt

preeminent
famous; outstanding

pertinent
relevant

hedonistic
pleasure seeking

stoic
indifferent to pleasure or pain

falter
to hesitate

forbearing
patient and restrained, tolerant

quaint
charmingly old-fashioned

latent
hidden, present but not realized

congruity
harmonious agreement
apathetic
feeling or showing little emotion

punctilious
strict attention to detail; extremely careful

menial
lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity

impromptu
without preparation

derivative
unoriginal

marred
damaged; disfigured

obfuscate, nonplus, confound
to confuse; to bewilder

overt, patent
obvious, OPP covert

impenetrable
difficult or impossible to understand

penitential
showing that you are sorry for having done something wrong
debunk
to prove wrong

acerbic
biting, bitter in tone or taste

restive
restless

coalesce
to come together

bucolic
charmingly rural

woo
try to gain the love or support

irksome
irritating, annoying, tedious

gratifying
pleasing

impediment
a barrier; obstruction

herald
to bear news; to announce

panacea
cure-all

relish
to enjoy

precocious
talented beyond one's age

fortuitous
lucky, accidental

kindred
having similar origin, nature, or character

phlegmatic
slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional

transcendental
abstract, supernatural

schism
division, split

sartorial
pertaining to tailors

recapitulate
to summarize; to repeat briefly

omniscience
all-knowing

token
symbol, sign

hyperbolize
to exaggerate

shirk
to avoid doing because lazy

counterfeit
fake; false

tactless
insensitive

passable
good enough, but not excellent

conundrum
a difficult problem

presage
to predict, an omen

brevity
shortness

infallible
incapable of error

sullen
bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

flaunt
to wave or flutter showily

desultory
rambling, lacking plan or purpose

earnest
serious and sincere

sanguine
cheerful; optimistic

misanthropic
hating mankind

recalcitrant, obdurate
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

notional
foolish or speculative

veritable
actual, true, real

reciprocate
to give in return

disengage
uncouple; separate; disconnect

toll
total number of people killed, very bad effect, money paid for using public things

exorbitant
unreasonably high

reluctant
unwilling

retroactive
applying to events that are past

throb
a deep pulsating type of pain

reprieve
a temporary relief (cuu tro tam thoi) or delay

breached
broken

abysm
a deep chasm

chasm
a deep, gaping hole; a gorge

melancholy
sadness
