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- a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning; a false argument
- sophistry
- existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild
- feral
- overy ingratiating or sentimental
- cloying
- to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder
- brood
- a close relationship between two people or thongs, as during an activity
- pas de deux
- a complete and ignominous failure
- fiasco
- the mistress of an elegant or fashionable household
- chatelaine
- a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler; a lover of the fine arts; a connoiseur
- dilettante
- the theory and methodology of interpretation
- hermeneutics
- rigorous; unusually severe or cruek
- draconian
- a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection; flirt
- coquettish
- the perfect riposte that comes to mind later, and far too late to do you any good
- espirit de l'escalier
- a situation in which every possible action resultsz in a disadvantage
- zugzwang
- to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from as in anticipation of a future loss
- decathect
- wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos
- pandemonium