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entropy: n. disorder or randomness.

plaudit: n. praise.

assailant: n. a person who attacks.

yean: v. to give birth to.

offshoot: n. something branched off.

antics: a foolish behavior.

wangle: v. to obtain dishonestly.

nitpick: v. to find fault in little things.

duplicitous: adj. dishonest.

scrumptious: adj. delicious.

havoc: n. great destruction.

woeful: adj. very sad.

inculcate: v. to instill.

fickle: adj. likely to change.

maven: n. a specialist.

fanfare: n. ostentatious display.

volition: n. an act of willing.

munificence: n. kindness.

gnash: v. to grind teeth.

divine: adj. relating to God.

incarceration: n. locking in prison.

indubitable: adj. unable to doubt.

ebullient: adj. very happy.

lax: adj. not strict.

amorous: adj. related to love.

junta: n. a small ruling group.

doleful: adj. sad.

derivative: n. something branched off.

obsolescent: adj. old, out-of-use.

guerrilla: n./adj band of soldiers harassing the enemy.

bromide: n. a tarnished phrase.

laud: v. to praise.

salient: adj. prominent.

subversive: adj. wanting to overthrow.

waive: v. to give up.

reticent: adj. shy, silent.

prerogative: n. an exclusive right.

paucity: n. smallness of quantity.

autonomous: adj. self-governing.

herald: v. to signal.

furtive: adj. done secretly.

inclement: adj. bad weather.

stifle: v. to suppress.

tantalize: v. to tease.

adulation: n. excessive devotion.

accost: v. to boldly approach.

diatribe: n. severe criticism.

benediction: n. a blessing.

neologism: n. a new word.

enamor: v. to fill with love.

buffoonery: n. foolish behavior.

equanimity: n. calmness.

flout: v. to treat with disdain.

guile: n. artful deception.

ethereal: adj. delicate, light.

swoon: v. to faint.

decimate: v. to drastically reduce.

consternation: n. extreme worry.

doctrinaire: adj. rigid.

expunge: v. to delete.

connoisseur: n. an expert.

peg: v. to secure.

fiasco: n. extreme humiliation.