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- boorish
- rude or insensitive; ill-mannered
- jingoist
- an extreme patriot, usually calls for a belligerent foreign policy
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- assent
- to agree or to concur; to give in, to yield; agreement
- homely
- plain or unattractive in appearance
- deleterious
- harmful; dangerous; injurious
- delineation
- an outline, depiction, portrayal
- tractable
- capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled; obedient
- rebuff
- to snub or to refuse bluntly
- sectarian
- a member of a sect that is a faction with extreme beliefs
- prodigy
- one with exceptional talents or powers; an extraordinary accomplishment
- tacit
- understood, silent, not spoken, implicit
- migratory
- moving from place to place, wandering, transient
- vivacious
- full of life, very animated
- stalwart
- one who supports a cause with firm partisanship
- emulate
- to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)
- recalcitrant
- very stubborn, refusing to obey, unruly
- fickle
- likely to change, capricious
- gravity
- seriousness, importance
- boon
- favorable; a blessing, a benefit
- disputatious
- inclined to fight, to argue, or to debate
- chicanery
- unethical methods, trickery
- peruse
- to read or to examine
- scapegoat
- one who takes the blame for others
- contaminant
- something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes
- approbation
- official approval, praise, commendation
- buffoon
- a clown, a silly or stupid person
- heterogeneity
- state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements
- resolute
- characterized by a decided purpose
- virtuous
- having excellent morals; righteous
- panacea
- cure-all, remedy for all ills
- corrugated
- bent into folds
- spurious
- false or deceitful
- circumlocution
- talking around a subject
- transcended
- surpassed, exceeded
- giddy
- dizzy
- dissemble
- to disguise, to pretend
- whets
- stimulates, sharpens
- fetter
- to restrict by shackling or chaining
- obfuscating
- confusing, making unclear
- irresolute
- indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
- indomitable
- incapable of being conquered
- resilient
- ability to return to a former state
- emend
- to correct (usually by a critic)
- metaphorically
- compared nonliterally
- aggregate
- sum total, whole amount
- proclivity
- inclination, tendency
- prostration
- a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome
- indigence
- poverty
- copious
- abundant