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Reclusive: withdrawn, hermit-like

Relinquish: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up

Contiguous: sharing an edge or boundary; touching

Tempestuous: turbulent or stormy in nature

Synthesize: to combine; to blend

Callous: insensitive; unsympathetic

Convoluted: complicated; intricate

Enigma: mystery; an inexplicable idea or thing

Autonomy: independence; self-control and reliance

Staid: stoic; austere

Arcane: mysterious; grasped by few

Assimilate: absorb; to merge one group into another

Derivative: unoriginal; derived from another source

Archetype: a very typical example of a certain person or thing; the original example of a common role, idea, or thing

Gaffe: social blunder

Idiosyncrasy: a peculiarity; an eccentric trait

Soliloquy: a speech done only to one's self

Orthodox: traditional; conventional

Censure: to blame officially; harsh criticism

Denounce: to condemn openly

Denotation: the literal meaning of a word

Connotation: the implied or associative meaning of a word

Transcend: to rise above or beyond, exceed

Repercussion: consequence