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resourcefulness
the ability to cope with a difficult situation; find solutions to difficult problems
punctilious
very careful about behaving properly or doncuting oneself in accordance with social conventions
disconcerting
causing a person to lose their composure or equanamity, upsettings or troubling
threadbare
worn out by overuse
breeding
good manners that result from training in the kinds of behavior from wealthy people
denizen
someone who fequents a particular palce; a regular
strained
done with effort, not friendly nor relaxed
engrossed
completelty attentive to someone or something, immersed into ti
dispense
to give out, distrubute
disembodied
detached from the body
defunct
No longer functional
distraught
profoundly upset or dissapointed
serf
a laborer who lives and works on a land of a wealthy person
peasantry
class of farmer who own and work on a small parcel of land, low social status
radiate
send something out, emit something
vestige
a visible indication of something that has been present earlier
confound
to be very confusing
exultation
a feeling of great happiness and excitement
swathe
to wrap or cover something
corrugated
having a wavy surface
vitality
quality of being lively, energetic
transpire
to take place; to occur
laudable
worthy of praise
meretricious
attractive in a cheap or false way
ineffable
unspeakable, cant be expressed in words
reverie
a day dream, lost in thought
turgid
swollen w/ liquid or gas
ingratiate
to gain favor from someone through deliverate effort
genially
done in a friendl cheerful pleasant manner
unprecedented
no precedent; being the first of its kind
menagerie
a collection of wild animals kept on exhibitiopn
perishable
lacking immortality, liable to perish
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