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- intuition
- instinctive knowledge, acquired without conscious reason
- finite
- measureable; having an end
- glee
- joy,; happiness
- enigma
- perplexing, usually ambiguous puzzle
- gargantuan
- of huge size or capacity
- tactics
- mehods used to gain an end, esp. military maneuvers
- idiosyncrasy
- a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait
- approbation
- official approval
- disarray
- confusion, disorder
- vivacious
- full of animation
- eupemism
- the substitution of an agreeable word or phrase to replace one that might offend
- harbor
- to give shelter; to entertain or nourish (a specicific thought or feeling)
- altruistic
- unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself
- opportune
- suitable for a particular purpose; occuring at a favorable moment
- hapless
- unfortunate; unlucky
- flag
- to slow dowin in pace
- savanna
- a flat, treeless plain in a ttropical or subtropical region
- exemplary
- worthy to serve as a model
- obtuse
- slow in understanding; dull; stupid
- submissive
- willing to obey without resistance; docile
- arid
- dry and barren; not intresting
- bleak
- glooms and sober; dreary
- flux
- flow; continuous change or movement
- diagnosis
- the recognition of a disease or injury by symptoms; a critical analysis of the nature of something
- girth
- the distance around something; circumference
- lackadaisical
- showing lack of intrest or spirit
- repulse
- to drive back; to repel, as in an attack; to cause distaste
- destitution
- the lack of any means of subsistence
- faculty
- a natural ability to do something
- albeit
- although
- assert
- to state confidently
- monarch
- one who rules a state, usu. for life and by hereditary right
- deviate
- to depart from the norm
- placid
- calm, undisturbed
- incarcerate
- to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison
- velocity
- speed
- constitute
- to make up the parts of; to compose
- absolve
- to free from guilt or blame
- abhor
- to detest; to shrink from in disgust
- peer
- a person or thing of the same rank
- relinquish
- to surrender or release
- blatant
- offensively obvious; unpleasantly noisy
- pompous
- characterized by excessive self-importance or exaggerated dignity
- exclude
- to refuse to admit or include; to shut out
- charisma
- quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in ones followers; personal magnetism or charm
- rigor
- stricktness or severity
- portend
- to serve as a warning of
- eulogy
- a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died
- introverted
- directing one's intrest inward
- Spartan
- hardy, frugal and highly discipline; not lavish or luxurious