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Patois
Language considered non standard, a regional form of language
Fortitude
Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, danger, adversity courageously.
Equinamity
Mental or emotional stability or composure especially under tension or strain, calmness
Consternation
A sudden or alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion, dismay
Alarm, dismay, anxiety, trepidation
Disportments
Hobbies, amusements, diversions
Canard
A false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report or rumor
Pith
Core, central point, the important or central part, essence
Like pit :)
Kill by cutting the spinal cord
Wheedling
To endeavor to influence by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts, to persuade
Freewheeling
Moving about freely, independently or irresponsibly, unrestrained, irresponsible
Verdant
Green with vegetation OR inexperienced, unsophisticated
Like a verdant college freshman…
Superfluous
Possessing or spending more than enough or necessary, extra event, being more than is sufficient or required.
Frisson
A sudden passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
The people when they heard the dictator was stepping down.
Panegyric
A lofty ration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy, formal or elaborate praise
Maven
An expert or a connoisseur
Pundit
A learned person, expert, or authority, critic or commentator
Fabulist
A liar, one who invents or relates fables
Quibbler
To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections
Or to find fault or criticize for petty reasons
Sentient
Conscious, having the power of perception by the senses
Syn: responsive, attentive, alert, cognizant
Cull
To chose select or pick, to gather choice things or parts from
Sage
A profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom
Raconteur
A person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly, Syn: narrator, storyteller
Elude
To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery
Or to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of
Deride
To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer, mock
Evince
To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove
Voiced concerns and actions from the clients evince mild concern.
Doggerel
Rude, crude, poor
Repartee
A quick witty reply, conversations full of such replies, skill in making such replies
Doughty
Bravery, courage
Impetuous
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.
Heady
Intoxicating, affecting the mind or senses greatly, exciting exhilarating.
A heady wine, a heady perfume, the heady news of victory!
Kinship
Relationship by nature, the state or fact of being kin, family relationship
Largess
Generous bestowal of gifts, generosity, liberality
Legerdemain
Sleight of the hand, trickery, deception
Occlusive
To close shuts or stop up, to shut in out or off,
Ostensible
Outwardly appearing as such, professed, pretended
An ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
Apparent, evident, conspicous. The ostensible truth of their theories.
Abstemious
Sparing or moderate in eating or drinking, temperate in diet, sparing.
Monolithic
Consisting of one piece, solid or unbroken
Pleonasm
The use of more words then are necessary to express an idea, redundancy
Surfeit
Excessive, an excessive amount, can be in eating. An uncomfortable full feeling due to eating.
Discriminatory
Being able to tell the difference
Catholic
Comprehensive, universal
Evasive
Tending to avoid commitment, especially by responding indirectly
Numinous
Supernatural, mysterious, unworldly, spiritual, maybe divine
Hagiographic
Worship, treating one like a saint
Convivial
Friendly, lively, enjoyable; one who is cheerful, jovial
Evanescent
The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
Foibles
A minor weakness or eccentricity in one’s character
Subterfuge
Deceit used to achieve ones goals
Syn: trick, ruse
Sycophantic
A servile person who attempts to win favor by flattery
Obstreperous
Noisy, uncontrollable
Meddlesome
To bother
Mettlesome
Coping well, resilient
Pry
Intrude in others affairs
Intrusive
Aggressively disturb others
Hegemony
Leadership or predominance of one country over another
Endemic
Indigenous to a certain area
Pandemic
Existing everywhere
Silvicultural
Refers to the process designed to care for forests
Remiss
Negligent, lacking care or attention to
Syn: slack, careless
Tempestuous
Stormy, characterized by strong emotion/ turbulent
Invoilable
Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored
Syn:sacred, infrangible
Deprecate
To express earnest disapproval of, protest against; to depreciate, belittle
My parents deprecate borrowing $. You deprecate your opponents instead of presenting your own evidence.
Macabre
Gruesome, horrifying, ghastly; of death
Mellifluous
Sweet or musical, pleasant to hear
Syn: melodious
Disdain
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
Vestiges
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.
Habiliments
Clothing
Propriety
The quality of being proper; appropriateness
