VPP
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- dally
- to waste time; to dawdle
- advocate
- to recommend; to speak in favor of
- numismatist
- a coin collector
- Gothic
- of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction
- gird
- to prepare for an event or an action
- ostentatious
- marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious display
- denizen
- an occupant
- edifice
- a large elaborate structure; an imposing building
- charisma
- personal appeal or attraction; magnetism
- laggard
- lazy
- fallow
- inactive; unproductive
- mesmerize
- to hypnotize
- felonious
- pertaining to or constituting a major crime
- laggard
- a slow person
- obsequy
- a funeral rite or ceremony
- nepotism
- favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power, especially in business or hiring practices
- bandy
- to exchange words; to discuss casually
- opiate
- a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain
- knead
- to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture
- gratify
- to please
- cadaverous
- of or like a corpse; pale; gaunt; thin
- enmity
- a deep-seated hostility; often mutual
- paucity
- a scarcity; a lack
- lackadaisical
- unrestrained; listless
- daunt
- to make afraid; to discourage
- egress
- an exit; means of going out
- elude
- to escape notice; to get away from
- ambidextrous
- equally skillful with either hand
- demented
- mentally ill; insane
- begrudge
- to resent another's success; to envy
- belated
- delayed
- alienate
- to turn away feelings or affections
- felicity
- happiness; bliss
- quaff
- to drink in large quantities
- glutinous
- gluey; sticky
- beleaguer
- to besiege by encircling; to harass
- elated
- in high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful
- berserk
- in a state of violent or destructive rage
- fatalistic
- believing that that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate
- licentious
- morally unrestrained
- mandarin
- an influential person; a member of an elite group
- declaim
- to speak in a dramatic, impassioned, or blustering manner
- hone
- to sharpen
- hovel
- a wretched living place; an open shed
- entice
- to attract by offering reward or pleasure
- blight
- to destroy
- imbue
- to inspire or influence; to saturate
- pensive
- dreamily thoughtfully
- gist
- the main point
- efface
- to obliterate; to wipe out
- gorge
- to eat or swallow greedily
- chauvinist
- one having a fanatical devotion to a country, gender, or religion, and displaying contempt for other countries, opposite sex, or other beliefs
- dastardly
- cowardly and treacherous
- animate
- to give life or motion to
- gambit
- a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
- penury
- extreme poverty
- bibliophile
- a lover of books
- delude
- to mislead to fool
- flux
- a state of continual change or movement
- despot
- a dictator with absolute power
- obtrude
- to force ones self into a situation
- jaded
- worn out; dulled as from overindulgence
- antiquated
- no longer useful or used; very old
- gaff
- a pole with a large hook on one end
- fealty
- obligated olyalty or faithfulness
- egalitarian
- promoting equal rights for all people
- caricature
- an exaggerated portrayal of ones features
- epigram
- a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
- amalgamate
- to combine
- entity
- anything having existence, either physical or mystical
- blight
- anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation