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Evince

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Reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate

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Privation

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Lack of usual comforts

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Approbation

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Approval or praise

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Verdure

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Lush green vegetation

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Effluvia (pl)

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Unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge

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Soporific

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Induces sleep

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Pendent

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Hanging down or overhanging

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Sough

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Make a moaning or whistling sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc.)

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Piquant

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Pleasantly sharp taste

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Rejoinder

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A reply, especially a sharp or witty one

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Adventitious

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Happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than by design

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Ribald

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Vulgar in speech

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical

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Netizen

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A keen user of the internet

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Lugubrious

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Sad and dismal

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Fulminate

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Express vehement protest

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited to action

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Indigent

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Poor; needy

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20
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Chimera

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A monster; an unrealisable dream

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Portent (n)

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An omen of a calamitous event; an exceptional person (literary)

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Contumacy

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Rebelliousness

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Saturnine

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Gloomy (of a person)

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Prate

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Talk foolishly

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Halcyon
A calm and peaceful time in history
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Fetter
Chain used to restrain a prisoner, usually placed around ankles
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Contumely
Insolent or insulting language or treatment
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Sagacious
Wise, shrewd, having shown good judgement
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Supercilious
Behaving as though one is superior to others
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Importunate
Persistent, especially to the point of annoyance
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Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind
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Propitious
Giving a good chance of success; favourable
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Indolent
Lazy
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Lineament
Distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face; a linear Earth feature, such as a fault
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Mien
A person's appearance or manner
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Ascetic
Monk-like existence
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Deglutition
Act of swallowing
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Cynosure
Person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration
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Expiate
Make amends for (guilt or wrongdoing)
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Unction
The action of anointing someone with oil or ointment
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Badinage
Humorous or witty conversation
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Pertinacious
Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action
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Puerile
Childishly silly and immature
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Corpulent
Fat
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Avaricious
Extreme greed
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Prurient
Having an encouraging or excessive interest in sexual matters
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Solecism
Grammatical mistake; breach of good manners
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Epicure
Person who takes pleasure in fine food and drink
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Syncope
Fainting
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Sable
A small omnivorous mammal, found primarily in Russia