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Histrionic

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Affected, theatrical

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Amatory

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Sexual

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Insidious

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subtle, seductive, treacherous

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Feckless

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weak, irresponsible

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Garrulous

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wordy, talkative

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Heuristic

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learning through trial-and-error or problem solving

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Intransigent

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uncompromising

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Gustatory

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having to do with taste or eating

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Inveterate

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habitual, persistent

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Invidious

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resentful, envious, obnoxious

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Jejune

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dull, puerile

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Minatory

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menacing

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Mordant

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biting, incisive, pungent

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Platitudinous

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resembling or full of dull or banal comments

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Rebarbative

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irritating, repellent

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Redolent

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aromatic, evocative

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Risible

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laughable

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Spasmodic

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having to do with or resembling a spasm, excitable, intermittent

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Trenchant

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sharp, penetrating, distinct

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Voluble

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glib, given to speaking

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Salubrious

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healthful

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Propitious

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auspicious, advantageous, benevolent

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Pernicious

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injurious, deadly

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Vorfreude

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The intense, anticipative joy derived from imaging future pleasures.

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Nemophilist

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one who loves the forest, its beauty and solitude

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Numinous

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The powerful feeling of being simultaneously overwhelmed and inspired

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Sillage

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noun
the degree to which a perfume’s fragrance lingers in the air when worn.
“neither scent has a very strong sillage”

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meliorism

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the belief that the world gets better, that people can improve the world

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Fernweh

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the ache for distant places, the desire to travel

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ostranenie

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encouraging people to see ordinary things as strange, wild, unfamiliar

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Smultronställe

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“a place of wild strawberries”. A place discovered, treasured, returned to for solace. A personal idyll free from stress or sadness.

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Mamihlapinatapai

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A look shared between two people, both wishing the other would initiate something they both desire but neither wishes to initiate

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acatelepsy

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the impossibility of comprehending the universe, or belief that human knowledge can never be truly certain

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hiraeth

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homesick for a home you can not return to, maybe a home that never was, a nostalgia for the lost places of your past

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metanoia

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the journey of changing one’s mind, self, or way of life.

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idiopathic

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Having no known cause

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