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Accolade
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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Acrimony
a rough and bitter manner
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Angst
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
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Anomaly
deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
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Avant
garde
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Baroque
relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
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bona fide
not counterfeit or copied
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Bonhomie
a disposition to be friendly and approachable
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Boondoggle
work of little or no value done merely to look busy
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Bourgeois
being of the property
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Bravado
a swaggering show of courage
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Brogue
a thick and heavy shoe
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Brusque
rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
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Cacophony
loud confusing disagreeable sounds
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Camaraderie
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
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Capricious
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
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carte blanche
complete freedom or authority to act
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Caustic
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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Charisma
personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
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Cloying
overly sweet
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deja vu
the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred
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Dichotomy
a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
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Dilettante
an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
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Disheveled
in disarray; extremely disorderly
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Elan
enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
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Ennui
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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Ephemeral
lasting a very short time
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Epitome
a standard or typical example
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Equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
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Equivocate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
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Ersatz
artificial and inferior
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Esoteric
understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
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Euphemism
an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
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Facetious
cleverly amusing in tone
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fait accompli
an irreversible accomplishment
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Fastidious
giving careful attention to detail
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faux pas
a socially awkward or tactless act
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Fiasco
a complete failure or collapse
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Finagle
achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
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Glib
artfully persuasive in speech
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Gregarious
temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
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Harbinger
something indicating the approach of something or someone
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Hedonist
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
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Heresy
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
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Idiosyncratic
peculiar to the individual
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Idyllic
charmingly simple and serene
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Indelicate
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
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Infinitesimal
immeasurably small
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Insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
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Junket
dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
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Litany
a prayer led by clergy with responses from the congregation
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Lurid
glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
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Machiavellian
of or relating to amoral or conniving political principles
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Malaise
a feeling of mild sickness or depression
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Malinger
avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
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Mantra
a sacred utterance or poetic hymn in Vedism
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Maudlin
very sentimental or emotional
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Mercenary
a person hired to fight for another country than their own
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Minimalist
a conservative advocating only minor reforms in government
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Misnomer
an incorrect or unsuitable name
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Narcissist
someone who is excessively self
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Nirvana
the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
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Non Sequitur
a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
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Oblivion
the state of being disregarded or forgotten
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Ogle
stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
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Ostentatious
intended to attract notice and impress others
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Ostracize
expel from a community or group
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Panacea
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
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Paradox
a statement that contradicts itself
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Peevish
easily irritated or annoyed
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Perfunctory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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Philistine
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
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Picayune
small and of little importance
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Precocious
characterized by exceptionally early development
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Propriety
correct behavior
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Quid Pro Quo
something given in exchange for something else
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Quintessential
representing the perfect example of a class or quality
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red herring
something intended to distract attention from the main issue
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Revel
take delight in
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Rhetoric
study of the technique for using language effectively
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Scintillating
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
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Spartan
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
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Stigma
a symbol of disgrace or infamy
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Stoic
seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
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Suave
having a sophisticated charm
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Supercilious
having or showing arrogant superiority
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Sycophant
a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
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Teetotaler
someone who abstains from drinking alcoholic beverages
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Tete-a-tete
A private conversation between two people
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Tirade
a speech of violent denunciation
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Tryst
a secret rendezvous, especially a romantic one
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Ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once
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Unrequited
not returned in kind
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Untenable
incapable of being defended or justified
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Verbose
using or containing too many words
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Vicarious
experienced at second hand
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Vile
morally reprehensible
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Waft
a long flag; often tapering
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Zealous
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
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Zeitgeist
the spirit of the time