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Patois

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Language considered non standard, a regional form of language

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Fortitude

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Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, danger, adversity courageously.

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Equinamity

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Mental or emotional stability or composure especially under tension or strain, calmness

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Consternation

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A sudden or alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion, dismay
Alarm, dismay, anxiety, trepidation

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Disportments

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Hobbies, amusements, diversions

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Canard

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A false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report or rumor

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Pith

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Core, central point, the important or central part, essence
Like pit :)
Kill by cutting the spinal cord

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Wheedling

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To endeavor to influence by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts, to persuade

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Freewheeling

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Moving about freely, independently or irresponsibly, unrestrained, irresponsible

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Verdant

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Green with vegetation OR inexperienced, unsophisticated

Like a verdant college freshman…

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Superfluous

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Possessing or spending more than enough or necessary, extra event, being more than is sufficient or required.

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Frisson

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A sudden passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
The people when they heard the dictator was stepping down.

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Panegyric

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A lofty ration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy, formal or elaborate praise

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Maven

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An expert or a connoisseur

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Pundit

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A learned person, expert, or authority, critic or commentator

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Fabulist

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A liar, one who invents or relates fables

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Quibbler

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To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections
Or to find fault or criticize for petty reasons

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Sentient

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Conscious, having the power of perception by the senses

Syn: responsive, attentive, alert, cognizant

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Cull

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To chose select or pick, to gather choice things or parts from

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Sage

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A profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom

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Raconteur

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A person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly, Syn: narrator, storyteller

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Elude

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To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery

Or to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of

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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer, mock

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Evince

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To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove

Voiced concerns and actions from the clients evince mild concern.

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Doggerel

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Rude, crude, poor

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Repartee

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A quick witty reply, conversations full of such replies, skill in making such replies

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Doughty

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Bravery, courage

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Impetuous

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Of or characterized by sudden or rash action emotion, etc. impulsive. I try not to make impetuous decisions!
Moving with great force. The storm was moving impetuously.

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Heady

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Intoxicating, affecting the mind or senses greatly, exciting exhilarating.
A heady wine, a heady perfume, the heady news of victory!

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Kinship

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Relationship by nature, the state or fact of being kin, family relationship

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Largess

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Generous bestowal of gifts, generosity, liberality

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Legerdemain

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Sleight of the hand, trickery, deception

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Occlusive

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To close shuts or stop up, to shut in out or off,

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Ostensible

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Outwardly appearing as such, professed, pretended
An ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
Apparent, evident, conspicous. The ostensible truth of their theories.

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Abstemious

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Sparing or moderate in eating or drinking, temperate in diet, sparing.

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Monolithic

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Consisting of one piece, solid or unbroken

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Pleonasm

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The use of more words then are necessary to express an idea, redundancy

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Surfeit

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Excessive, an excessive amount, can be in eating. An uncomfortable full feeling due to eating.

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Discriminatory

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Being able to tell the difference

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Catholic

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Comprehensive, universal

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Evasive

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Tending to avoid commitment, especially by responding indirectly

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Numinous

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Supernatural, mysterious, unworldly, spiritual, maybe divine

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Hagiographic

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Worship, treating one like a saint

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, enjoyable; one who is cheerful, jovial

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Evanescent

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The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

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Foibles

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A minor weakness or eccentricity in one’s character

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Subterfuge

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Deceit used to achieve ones goals

Syn: trick, ruse

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Sycophantic

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A servile person who attempts to win favor by flattery

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Obstreperous

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Noisy, uncontrollable

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Meddlesome

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To bother

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Mettlesome

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Coping well, resilient

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Pry

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Intrude in others affairs

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Intrusive

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Aggressively disturb others

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Hegemony

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Leadership or predominance of one country over another

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Endemic

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Indigenous to a certain area

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Pandemic

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Existing everywhere

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Silvicultural

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Refers to the process designed to care for forests

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Remiss

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Negligent, lacking care or attention to

Syn: slack, careless

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Tempestuous

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Stormy, characterized by strong emotion/ turbulent

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Invoilable

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Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored

Syn:sacred, infrangible

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Deprecate

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To express earnest disapproval of, protest against; to depreciate, belittle
My parents deprecate borrowing $. You deprecate your opponents instead of presenting your own evidence.

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Macabre

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Gruesome, horrifying, ghastly; of death

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Mellifluous

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Sweet or musical, pleasant to hear

Syn: melodious

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Disdain

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The feeling that something is unworthy of one’s respect/consideration
I disdain Lauren for betraying our friendship and telling on me.
Syn: disregard, contempt

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Vestiges

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A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists; the smallest amount
I am without a vestige of sympathy.
These are the vestiges are the my childhood blankie.

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Habiliments

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Clothing

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Propriety

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The quality of being proper; appropriateness

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