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- indifference
- absence of compulsion to or toward one thing or another
- exploits
- an act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one
- cleaved
- attach to, cling, stick to
- asinine
- foolish, unintelligent, silly, stupid, ass-like
- caricature
- exaggerated portrait
- plaintively
- expressing or showing sorrow
- revelation
- the act of disclosing
- incredulity
- inability or uinwillingness to belive
- auspicious
- promising success, opportune, favorable
- conspicuously
- attracting attention
- bristling
- to act in an offending mannar
- vivacious
- very lively
- viscous
- of a glutinous nature or consistency, stick, thick, adhesive, high resistance to flow
- assimilation
- to fit into the prevailing culture
- tyrannical
- unjustly cruel, harsh, severe, arbitrary or oppressive
- reverie
- a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing, a daydream
- interminably
- endlessly
- siege
- stubborn effort to win or control
- tentatively
- not fully worked out or developed
- cantankerous
- disagreeable, peevish, ill tempered, grumpy
- impassively
- w/o emotion, calmly
- jubilance
- showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph, state of showing joy
- mediate
- settle a dispute or argument by bringing the two sides together
- graft
- illegal use of one's position for personal gain or profit
- libel
- a written statement in which a demoralizes or puts down the noun being written about
- exasperation
- provocation, frustrated annoyance, the state of...
- alien
- foreigner, not from a certain area/place, strange or unusual
- purloined
- to steal, often in a violation of trust
- raucously
- harsh, strident, grating
- forthright
- going straight to the point, frank, direct, outspoken
- raunchiness
- vulgar or smutty, crude and obscece
- sentimentality
- the quality or state of being ______, showing of tender emotions and feelings, extravagant feeling
- contraband
- anything prohibited by law from being imported/ exported, illegal, not permitted
- cynical
- distrusting of human nature, motivated by self-interest, exhibiting a jaded world-weariness
- duress
- compulsion by threat or force, coercion, constant - always written as under ____-
- futile
- serving no useful purpose
- uncouth
- awkward, clumsy or unmannerly, unusual or strange, uncivil
- furtive
- sly, shifty, stealthily or secretive
- unclaunted
- undismayed, not discouraged, not forced to abandon purpose or effort
- asperity
- sharpness of temper
- imploring
- to beg urgently or piteously, ask for aid or mercy
- aberrations
- straying from the right/ normal way
- deferential
- showing polite respect
- resurrection
- rebirth
- chauffeur
- a person employed to drive a rented or private automobile for the owner
- tacit
- understood w/o being openly discussed
- precariously
- unstable, on an edge
- integrity
- moral honestly, whole, conscience
- provocation
- the act of arousing or provoking
- deportment
- the manner in which one conducts oneself
- skulked
- to move stealthily, to keep out of sight, to move in a sinister manner
- hovering
- to remain floating, suspended or fluttering in the air, linger
- rendered
- to cause, to become
- vehemently
- zealous, ardent, impassioned, great energy
- erratic
- having no fixed course, changing w/o reason, unpredictable
- cordiality
- courteous, gracious, friendly, warm
- simultaneously
- at the same time
- benign
- good-natured, harmless
- vigil
- wakefulness maintained for any reason during normal hrs. for sleeping
- appraisal
- evaluation, sizing up
- notoriety
- the state or quality of being famous (for smthing bad)
- optimism
- the belief that goodness prevails, looking on the "bright side"
- obstreperous
- marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness, disorderly
- rigidity
- appearing stiff and unyielding
- temperance
- self-restraint
- apoplectic
- on the verge of a stroke (shocked and furious)
- deferred
- withheld for of until a stated time
- spurious
- not genuine,authentic or true, counterfeit
- ire
- intense and usually openly displayed anger
- nonplussed
- puzzle completly
- paroxysm
- sudden outburst or spasm
- inarticulate
- not expressed clearly enough to be understood
- temerity
- reckless, boldness, rashness, foolish
- bovine
- cow-like, slow, dull
- flippancey
- frivolous, silly, misbehave
- palate
- the roof of the mouth
- sluggishly
- moving slowly or having little motion as a stream
- consummately
- completly
- melancholy
- a gloomy state of mind, sober thoughtfullness
- retrogression
- to return to a former and less complex level of development
- chameleon
- a changeable, fickle or inconstant person
- vindicated
- to free from an accusation or blame
- voluminous
- large and bulky
- fractious
- unruly, tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome, irritable
- compunction
- feeling of guilt and regret
- umbrage
- to take offense, annoyance, displeasure
- acrimonious
- bitter in nature, caustic, stinging, angry (speech)
- malignant
- disposed to cause harm, suffering or distress deliberately, dangerous
- feigned
- pretended or faked
- elucidate
- to make clear, explain
- relinquish
- surrender
- profound
- something that is very deep
- outmoded
- not being in style
- eccentric
- deviating from recognized custom, practice, different, irregular, peculiar, odd
- dispelled
- dispersed, to drive off in various directions, vanished
- trepidation
- fearful uncertainty
- contenious
- causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy, tending to argue/ pick a fight
- innate
- existing in one from birth, inborn, native
- austere
- severe in mannar or appearance, uncompromising, strict, stern, harsh, severe
- diminutive
- indicating small size
- indictment
- to make an accusation
- martyr
- one who sacrifices or suffers for a cause
- pensive
- dreamily or wistfully thoughtful, expressing/revealing thoughtfulness
- rankling
- to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind
- retaliates
- returns an injury or wrong
- adamant
- refusing to bend, utterly unyielding in attitude/ opinion
- ominous
- threating
- iota
- a very small quantity, jot, whit
- exasperated
- to cause irritation or annoyance to
- squalid
- foul and repulsive as from lack of care or cleanliness, due to poverty or neglect