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Interesting words 3 Flashcards

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Veritable

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Used for emphasis (very), often to qualify a metaphor

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Plenitude

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An abundance

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Belligerent

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Hostile and aggressive

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Perturbed

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Anxious or unsettled; upset

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Ad Hoc

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Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary.

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Ad Nauseam

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Used to refer to the fact that something has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

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Extricate

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Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

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Tarry

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To remain or stay

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay

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Diaspora (pronounced die aspora)

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The movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. (Particularly Jews)

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Contrived

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Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

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Spurious

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Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

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Apocryphal

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(Of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

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Veto

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A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

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Wattle

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A fleshy caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds and mammals.

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Propagate

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Spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely.

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Proliferation

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Rapid increase in the amount of number of something

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind, alike

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Moniker

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A name/ an allias

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Algorithim

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A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

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Indenture

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Bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer.

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Acquiese

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Accept something reluctantly but without protest.

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Pleat

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A double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side.

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Pallid

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Pale, or lacking vigour. Insipid.

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Insipid

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Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless. Also pertains to interest.

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Mawkish

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Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way.

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Canter

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A pace of a horse or other quadruped between a trot and a gallop, with not less than one foot on the ground at any time.

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Ergonomic

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Relating to or designed for efficiency and comfort in the working environment.

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Ubiquitous

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Present, appearing or found everywhere

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Inhibited

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Unable to act in a relaxed and natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint.

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Hypo-

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The prefix denoting to beneath something. E.g. Hypodermic needle… under the skin

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Corporeal

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Relating to someones physical body, not their spirit

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Tautology

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The saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession ).

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Melancholy

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A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

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Pensive

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Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

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36
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Cognizant

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Having knowledge or awareness.

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Bismirch

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Damage the reputation of someone

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38
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Nuance

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A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

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Ad Nauseam

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To the point of nausea

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Virtue Signalling

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The action or practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one’s good character or the moral correctness of one’s position on a particular issue.

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Pre-eminent

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Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.

42
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Tonsure

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The practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp

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Concomitant

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Naturally accompanying or associated.

44
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Exactitude

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Accuracy

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Couture

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The design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a client’s specific requirements and measurements.

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Serene

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Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

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Caprice

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A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

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Pageantry

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Elaborate display or ceremony.

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Reproachful

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Expressing disapproval or disappointment.

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Portly

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Rather fat (especially of a man)

51
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Cummerbund

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A sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man’s formal evening suit.

52
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Reconnaissance

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Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.

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Bullion

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Gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight.

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Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care.

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Contrived

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Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously

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Zeitgeist

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The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by this ideas and beliefs of the time.

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Ursine

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Pertaining to bears

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Diurnal

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Pertaining to daytime

59
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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Lachrymal

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Pertaining to tears

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Pecuniary

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Pertaining to money

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Diluvial

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Pertaining to floods

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Austral

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Pertaining to south

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Boreal/Septentrional

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Pertaining to the north

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Rogering

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Of a man having sexual intercourse with

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Unedifying

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(Especially of an event taking place in public) distasteful; unpleasant.

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Roister

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Enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way.

68
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Quaff

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Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

69
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Preclude

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Prevent from happening; make impossible.

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Ardour

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Great enthusiasm or passion.

71
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Bessotted

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Strongly infatuated.

72
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Repose

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A state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity.

73
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Apocryphal

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(Of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

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Apocethary

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A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

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Beseech

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Ask someone urgently and fervently to do or give something.

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Fervently

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Very enthusiastically or passionately.

77
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Besiege

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Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

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Rancour

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Bitterness and resentfulness, especially when long standing.

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Querulous

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Complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner.

80
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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

81
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Groundling

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An unsophisticated or uncritical spectator or reader.

82
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Bastion

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An institution, place, or person strongly maintaining particular principles, attitudes, or activities.

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Dissemble

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Conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.

84
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Contrite

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Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.

85
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Soliloquy

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An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

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Churlish

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Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

87
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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high

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Unctuous

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Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily.

89
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Schism

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A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.

90
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Remit

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Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).

91
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Facile

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Ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial. Or easily achieved

92
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Permutation

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Each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.

93
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Frisson

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A sudden shiver of excitement or fear.

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Mawkish

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Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way.

95
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Moreish

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So pleasant to eat that one wants more.

96
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Brinkmanship

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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

98
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Palatial

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Resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid.

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Sordid

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Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt

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Brusquely

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Abrupt, blunt, rough

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