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Finese

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  • Skill and cleverness shown by how someone handles a situation.
  • Noun
  • It required all of his finese to run four laps.
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Incessant

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  • Non-stop, without ending.
  • Adjective
  • Incessant-inappropriate- not appropriate.
    not cease proper
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Incessantly

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  • Describes an action (something that you do) that is non-stop.
  • Adverb
  • She had talked incessantly great since she returned from vacation.
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Odious

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  • Describes something deserving hatred.
  • Adjective
  • During cross country season, running up hills is odious.It takes a lot of hard work and strength to run up hills.
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Nocturnal

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  • Describes something that is active at night.
  • Adjective
  • Bats are nocturnal creatures
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