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Assuage

Soothe pain/ make bad feelings less

Brandish

To wave/shake weapon in a threatening way

Circumvent

Bypass or avoid

Demur

Raise doubts/ show reluctance

Implore

Beg or request

Inure

Accustom someone to hardship

Leverage

Ability to influence

Marshal

Gather or arrange people

Nullify

Make something legally void

Orchestrate

Plan or coordinate

Plummet

Fall quickly

quash

Put down or suppress

Synthesize

Combine ideas or elements

Transmute

Change or alter

Wield

Hold and use tools or use power

Bellicose

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

Candor

Quality of being open, honest, sincere

Connive

Allow wrongdoing to happen/ secretly cooperate

Collude

Secretly work together to commit illegal act

Conspire

premeditated planning

Charismatic

Charming/persuasive personality

Erudite

Someone with great knowledge likely from studying

Expedient (n/adj)

Practical/efficient solution typically temporary

Fractious

Someone easily irritated/ annoyed

Haughty

Person/action/attitude that blatantly disdainfully arrogant

Interloper

Person who intrudes/interferes with privacy/property etc

Muse (n, v)

Source of inspiration or think deeply

Obsequious

Someone excessively eager to please others

Pragmatic

Practical/ logical approach to situations

Ubiquitous (adj)

Existing/being everywhere at the same time time

Pastoral

Pleasant/peaceful/idealized aspects of the countryside

Bildungsroman

Literary genre focusing on the emotional growth from youth to adulthood

Picaresque

Literary genre featuring lower-class hero living by their wits in a corrupt society

Allegory

Narrative writing using symbolic characters to represent deeper things

Romantic

Emotional love story between characters

Archaic

very old/ old fashioned

Banal/ banality

Lacking orginality

Clamour

A loud and confused noise

Clergy

The body of all people ordained for religious duties

Decorous

Polite and restrained

Dulcet

Sweet and soothing

Languor

The state or feeling of being tired (often pleasant)

Magnanimous

Generous/ forgiving

Pedant/ pedantic

Concerned about precision

Poignant/ poignancy

Evoking emotion of bittersweet or regret

Profundity

Great depth of knowledge

Puritan/ puritanical

Censorious moral beliefs especially about pleasure

Rapt

Fascinated by what you are seeing/ hearing

Uncouth

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Vapid

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Aegis

The protection, backing, or support of something

Avuncular

Uncle like

Crepuscular

Relating to twilight

Defenestrate

Throw someone out of a window

Estival

Summer like

Ephemeral

Lasting for a short time

Ethereal

Delicate and light

Lithe

Graceful, flexible

Liminal

Between two different states places etc

Nacreous

Consisting of or resembling nacre

Palimpset

Writing material used after original was erased

Panacea

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

Penultimate

Second last

Perfunctory

Carried out with minimum effort

Petrichor

Pleasant earthy scent after rainfall

Asinine

Foolish, donkey like

Aquiline

Eagle like

Bovine

Cow like

Canine

Dog like

Caprine

Goat like

Equine

Horse like

Sylvan

Associated with woods, forest

Riparian

Relating to river banks

Ursine

Bear like

Vulpine

Fox like

Avant-garde

New or cutting edge

Blasé

Unimpressed or indifferent

Bon vivant

Someone who lives a social and outgoing life

Carte Blanche

Complete freedom or access

Détente

Release or ease of tension

Ennui

Feeling of dissatisfaction or boredom

Faux

Artificial or fake

Façade

False appearance or front

Gaffe

Blunder or error

Impasse

Deadlock

Joie de vivre

Enjoyment of life

Malaise

Discomfort or uneasiness

Mélange

Mixture or medley

Milieu

A persons social environment

Niche

A specialized segment or place

Noir

A genre of crime film

Panache

Flamboyant confidence

Provocateur

A person who provokes

Savant

Smart or talented person

Triage

A system for prioritizing

Augment

Make something greater by adding to it

Brood

Think deeply about something that makes you unhappy

Burgeon

To grow or develop

Champion

To defend or support

Deprecate

Express disapproval or belittle