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perennial lasting indefinitely permeate to spread throughout persevere to stick to a purpose despite obstacles defer to postpone dilatory tending to delay infer to form a conclusion subvert to upset, ruin contort to twist out of shape distort to change to make something false adversity hardship perverse stupidly stubborn excerpt a selected passage from a work of art exonerate to free from blame exorbitant excessive expound to explain at length impostor one who uses a false identity proponent one who argues in support extraneous coming form the outside extraterrestrial originating outside the earth's limits extravert outgoing, social person mediocrity a very ordinary person, place, thing non sequitur an illogical statement sequester to go into hiding coherent showing an orderly relation of parts colloquial casual, informal speech commiserate to feel or express sorrow with condone to forgive abstain to refrain from something by one's own choice contrite sorrow about one's sins impertinent rude, sassy aptitude quickness in learning astringent harsh, severe conjugate to join a verb with a pronoun stringent tight, constricted abhor to hate abound to exist in great quantities abrasive harsh, rough abscond to hide out secretly abstemious sparing or moderate, especially in eating or drinking discern to detect differences discreet showing respect in speech or behavior analyze to study something carefully by looking at its parts catalyst a force or person causing an action concise saying or writing much in few words herbicide weed killer precise exact or accurate in every detail improvise to make up something without permission reticent of a silent nature visionary characterized by forethought auspicious showing signs that promise success introspection state of looking inside oneself retrospect survey of past times specimen single sample representative of a whole specter ghost surveillance close observation vigil period of staying awake to keep watch or pray vigilant on the lookout for danger ad hoc for a specific purpose admonish to warn, scold olfactory pertaining to the sense of smell redolent smelling; full of memories assent to agree dissent to disagree presentiment a sense of something about to happen tactile pertaining to the sense of touch tangible touchable procrastinate to delay needlessly assuage to make less severe, satisfy fete large, outdoor party jeopardy danger, peril jocular joking, avoiding seriousness condole to express sympathy with doleful mournful, sad malevolent wishing harm to others volition one's own will to make a decision zeal passionate devotion to a cause circumference perimeter of a circle circumspect cautious, watchful cyclic moving in cycles orbit path of one body as it revolves around another orb sphere, globe cavernous like a large cave excavate to dig out feign to pretend rotund plump rotunda circular domed building