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Fortuitous

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  • happening by lucky chance rather than intention
  • (of something that is to your advantage) not planned, happening by chance

Noun: fortuity, fortuitousness (quality)

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Peevish

petulant, testy, crabby

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easily irritated or annoyed

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Recalcitrant

incalcitrant, refractory, fractious

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stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Noun: recalcitrance

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Affable

cordial, amiable, congenial

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friendly and easy to talk to

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Vicissitude

vicissitudinous

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  • a negative change in circumstances or fortunes
  • A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
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Solicitous

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  • showing care and helpful attention to someone
  • full of anxiety and concern
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Tactile

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perceptible to the touch; tangible

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Askance

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with doubt or suspicion

look askance at

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Twiddle

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twist, move, or fiddle with (something), typically in a purposeless or nervous way

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Disambiguate

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to show the differences between two or more meanings clearly

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Unequivocal

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leaving no doubt; unambiguous

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Sound bite

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a short extract from a recorded interview or speech, chosen for its succinctness or concision

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Tenuous

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very weak or slight

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Heart-wrenching

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  • emotionally saddening evoking pity or empathy
  • causing distress or misery
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Polyglot

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a person who speaks or understands many languages

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Marinate

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soak

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Jarring

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  • to be altered or changed usually in an irritating or unbearable way
  • having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect
  • making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
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Raunchy

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earthy and sexually explicit

Something raunchy is dirty in one sense or another: it’s either literally covered in dirt or suggesting dirty sexual situations.

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Incongruous

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  • out of place; inconsistent or incompatible
  • not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something:
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Cathartic

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providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis:

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Droll

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  • curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement
  • a jester or entertainer; a buffoon.
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Quiver

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  • tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.
  • A quiver is a container for holding arrows or bolts
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Definitive

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  • viewed as absolute and correct
  • Something that is definitive provides a firm conclusion that cannot be questioned
  • done or reached decisively and with authority
  • conclusive, decisive, final
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Vicarious

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experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

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Conscientious

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wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly

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Roamer

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someone who likes to move around and travel, especially without a clear idea of what they want to do

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Freeloader

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a person who takes advantage of others’ generosity without giving anything in return

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Analysis

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detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, especially by separating it into its parts, in order to discover what it is or contains

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Analytics

analytics

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  • a process in which a computer examines information using mathematical methods in order to find useful patterns
  • the application of logical and computational reasoning to the components parts obtained in an analytics
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Posthaste

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as fast as possible

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Elocution

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the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

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Enunciate

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say or pronounce clearly.

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Batter (n)

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a semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying.

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Pompous

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Galvanize

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Endemic

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Idiosyncrasy

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Euphemism

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Dessicate

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Vim

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Molt

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Opprobium

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Feral

(also ferine)

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(of animals and plants) existing in a wild or uncultivated state, esp after being domestic or cultivated

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Feracious

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highly fruitful, prolific

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humblebrag

n, v

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make an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud

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oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Malapropism

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a comical/unintentional misuse of a word (by confusion) that resembles another term in sound

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Comeuppance

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a punishment or fate that someone deserves

he got his comeuppance in the end

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Implacable

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Inexorable

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toady

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sully

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obsequious

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Riveting

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Habituate

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to make used (to); accustom (often used reflexively)

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Vociferous

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Exuberance

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Sceptical

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Performative

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  • having the nature or style of a performance, esp. when intended to impress
  • relating to ways of behaving that exhibit a socially acceptable belief, trait, or quality, often making a superficial impression:
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Prefigure

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to suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow

If one thing prefigures another, it is a first indication which suggests or determines that the second thing will happen.

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Prognostication

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A prognostication is a statement about what you think will happen in the future.

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Prognosticate

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to foretell (future events) according to present signs or indications; prophesy

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Straddle

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Extraneous

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Superfluous

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