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Buoyant
light-hearted
Surmise
to make an inference
Redress
to compensate for
Wan
someone who is unwell
Symbiotic
dependent organisms
Dissent
to disagree
Vestige
a trace left behind by something
Expedite
to accelerate
Anomalous
abnormal
Manacle
handcuffs
Lugubrious
mournful
Avuncular
someone kind and patient
Nomenclature
the system of naming things
Ardent
passionate
Joule
work for a watt of power per second
Precipitation
water falling to earth
Foreman
someone who controls workers
Illusory
illusion
Equivocal
open to many interpretations
Prosaic
lacking imagination
Peddle
to sell or offer
Recluse
someone living in solitude
Junction
joining things together
Edifice
system of belief
Proscribe
to forbid (by law)
Levy
impose
Affinity
natural liking
Patents
license
Stymie
to hinder
Maxim
a short statement
Perspire
to sweat
Abberation
not normal
Quotidian
found in everyday events
Magnanimous
nobility of spirit
Moribund
at the verge of death