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- Tepidity
- lack of passion, absence of enthusiasm
- Indolent
- Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy; causing little or no pain; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
- Purlieu
- a frequently visited place- HAUNT
- Crotchety
- Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse; having a difficult and contrary disposition; irritable, often due to old age
- Indefeasible
- That cannot be annulled or made void
- Adagio
- musical movement played slowly (Music)
- TINE
- tooth, spike like FORK
- Vitiate
- To reduce the value or impair the quality of; to corrupt morally; debase; to make ineffective; invalidate
- Ecumenical
- worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
- Dissonance
- A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; state of disagreement and disharmony; consistency, or harmony; conflict
- Minuet
- A slow, stately pattern dance in / time for groups of couples, originating in th-century France; a movement in / time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet
- Bonhomie
- A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality; a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
- Fretful
- Having or showing a bad temper; being unable or unwilling to endure irritation or opposition; irritable
- Splay
- An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger; spread open or apart; turn outward; move out of position; turned outward in an ungainly manner
- Detraction
- A derogatory or damaging comment on a person's character or reputation; disparagement; act or an instance of belittling; expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone; misrepresentation; slander
- Tactual
- Of, relating to, or arising from the sense of touch; producing a sensation of touch;tactile
- Fixture-
- something which is permanently or securely attached;
- comestible
- edible
- Rue
- to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
- Untenable
- not able to be defended
- Sop
- -a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture
- Callow
- neophyte, lacking adult sophistication
- Byline
- A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name; a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article; an auxiliary activity
- Obeisance
- a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission, BOW
- Occlude
- to close up or block off- OBSTRUCT
- Infinitude
- The state or quality of being infinite; an immeasurably large quantity, number, or extent; an infinite quantity
- Salvo
- a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns in military action or as a salute
- Tincture
- An alcoholic, hydro alcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug; something that imparts color; coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment; quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes; to stain or tint with a color; to infuse, as with a quality; impregnate
- Cosseted
- Treat with excessive indulgence
- HAUTEUR
- ARROGANCE, HAUGHTINESS
- Desist
- stop doing something.
- Nervy
- Arrogantly impudent; showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold; rude and disrespectful; bold, pushy
- Hedgerow
- A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees forming a hedge
- Incontinent
- continent is restrained so incontinent will be unrestrained
- Apocryphal
- Untrue, Made up
- Spate
- A sudden rush or flood; sudden or rapid flowing outward; an abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain
- Vaunting
- boast, brag, exaggerate about oneself
- Appurtenances
- right associated with ownership of property; accessory
- Peremptory
- characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance
- Daft
- SILLY, FOOLISH Mad; crazy; foolish; stupid;
- Friction
- A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another
- purgatory-
- cleansing, absolving, purifying
- Importune
- To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly; annoy; vex; beg persistently and urgently
- overture-
- something introductory- PRELUDE
- Coven
- meeting of witches
- Hankering
- Strong or Persistent desire
- Contrite
- repentant
- Wizened
- shrivelled or wrinkled with age.
- bumptious-
- presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive- OBTRUSIVE
- Rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will
- Derogation
- disparaging, belittlement; being impaired; detraction (from authority or estimation)
- ballet-
- a creative work of this form, or the music written for it.
- Doxology
- hymn to God, song of praise
- Limpid
- Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen; characterized by transparent clearness; calm and untroubled; serene; clear; comprehensible
- Furrow
- a long narrow trench; a deep wrinkle on person's face
- Potentiate
- To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug); promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect); make potent or powerful
- Ruse
- a crafty stratagem; a subterfuge, fraud, trickery.
- Shiftless-
- lacking in ambition or incentive- LAZY
- Metaphysical
- Having no body, form, or substance; of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world; not physical; without physical presence; ideal
- Freemasonry
- mutual understanding, brotherhood; principles of the Freemasons
- Execrate
- to declare to be evil or detestable- DENOUNCE
- Court
- to seek the affections of; especially - to seek to win a pledge of marriage from
- Supplication
- ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly
- Sobriquet
- An affectionate or humorous nickname; an assumed name; a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- Prescient
- having knowledge of events before they take place
- Trenchant
- vigorously effective and articulate, incisive
- Fawn
- baby deer
- fluvial-
- pertaining to a river; found in a river
- Laggard
- One that lags; a straggler; hanging back or falling behind; dilatory; falling behind
- Logomachy
- game of word making; dispute in words only, contention regarding words; insignificant war of words
- Feisty
- Touchy; quarrelsome; full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky; showing courage; irritable and looking for trouble
- Elicited
- extract from, bring out, draw out
- Bootless
- Without advantage or benefit; useless; unproductive of success
- Imbroglio
- a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation- EMBROILMENT
- Remember
- COMMEMORATE, pay tribute to, honour, salute, pay homage
- Spleen
- feelings of anger or ill will often suppressed
- Puckish
- IMPISH, WHIMSICAL
- Hubble
- A unit of astronomical distance equal to raise to the power light-years or × ( raise to the power meters)
- Malaise
- A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness; general sense of depression or unease
- Staccato-
- musical passage having distinct breaks between successive tones
- Indemnity
- Security against damage, loss, or injury; a legal exemption from liability for damages; compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered
- Unbridled
- uncontrolled; unconstrained ( bridle is used for horse)
- Pulpit
- An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service
- Go-getter
- an aggressively enterprising person.
- Treacle
- Cloying speech or sentiment; a medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison
- Infirmary
- A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured
- Insouciant
- Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant; easygoing, casual; cheerful, carefree
- Echelon
- level, rank; ranking
- Beige
- A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow; soft fabric of undyed, unbleached wool; a very light brown; color of sand
- Rile
- to make agitated and angry- UPSET
- mallet
- a long-handled wooden stick with a head like a hammer, used for hitting a croquet or polo ball.
- Riveted
- attach with rivets, fasten with rivets; engross, hold someone's attention, fascinate
- Baleful
- deadly or pernicious in influence
- Harry
- To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass; to raid, as in war; sack or pillage; pester, annoy; torment; worry
- exhortation
- language intended to incite and encourage
- Portent
- An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen; prophetic or threatening significance; something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy; miracle
- Obtrusive
- noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way
- Incontinent
- lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled.
- ode-
- lyric poem characterized by lofty feeling and a dignified style; ancient Greek choral piece
- Rue
- European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution; feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- Splurge
- a sudden burst of extravagance. spend extravagantly.
- Didactic
- intended to teach or give moral instruction
- Manumission
- the formal act of freeing from slavery
- Hobnob
- mix socially, especially with those of higher social status.
- refectory-
- cafeteria, dining hall
- stature-
- natural height (as of a person) in an upright position
- obstreperous
- marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness- CLAMOROUS
- Extirpate
- destroy completely; eradicate
- Countenance
- to extend approval or toleration to- SANCTION
- enterprising
- energetic, venturesome, resourceful, inventive
- Banister
- A handrail, especially on a staircase; a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
- Revisionist
- the theory or practice of revising one's attitude to something
- Willowy-
- flexible, elastic; tall, erect; very fine, slender, lithe; shaded by willow trees; similar to a willow
- Detente
- the easing of hostility or strained relations between countries.
- epic-
- extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope
- Egregious
- Conspicuously bad or offensive; outstandingly bad; outrageous
- Formulaic
- of a formula; done according to a formula; constituting a formula
- Beckon-
- entice , make a gesture to encourage or instruct someone to approach or follow. ?summon in this way.
- Chrome
- A hard silver metal that does not easily rust; something plated with a chromium alloy
- pique-
- insult, offend; anger, irritate
- Foolhardy
- Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash; characterized by unthinking boldness and haste; impetuous, rash;adventurous or bold but lacking in good sense
- Feisty
- spirited and exuberant.
- Harry
- destroy, devastate, lay waste; torment, harass, annoy
- Tardy
- late; slow, sluggish
- Hellion
- A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person
- sodden
- heavy with or as if with moisture or water
- Cameo
- small piece of sculpture on a stone or shell cut in relief in one layer with another contrasting layer serving as background
- Charleston
- a lively dance of the s which involved turning the knees inwards and kicking out the lower legs
- Cortege
- a solemn procession, especially for a funeral., a group of retainers or attendants or retinue
- Rapprochement
- establishment of or state of having cordial relations
- Accost
- To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request;
- Palpitate
- beat, pound (about the heart); tremble, quiver, shiver
- Desultory-
- haphazard
- Saddle
- to place (an onerous responsibility) on a person or group
- Tarpaulin
- Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture; a waterproof cloth, esp. one used in large sheets for covering anything exposed to the weather
- sibilant
- producing a hissing sound
- futon-
- type of Japanese fold-out sofa bed; type of Japanese mattress
- Careworn
- Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility; pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness; showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- Sangfroid
- "cold blood", coolness of mind, composure a stable, calm state of the emotions
- Deferential
- respectful, showing honor
- obliterate-
- to remove from existence- destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of