| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Epithet | An abusive word or phrase, using this nickname in place of a real name |
| Surreptitious | undercover, covert, furtive, stealthy |
| Effete | Adj: No longer fertile.- Having lost vitality, and strength |
| Pasha | a man of highest rank. (Turkish) |
| Jejune | Lacking nutritive value, or lacking interest or significance. Dull |
| Gauche | lacking social grace "I can't believe he would be so _______ as to ask you how much money you made |
| Pidgin | simplified speech used for communication between people with different language |
| Prevarication | a lie, fabrication |
| Impecunious | Adj: penniless, habitually broke |
| Maudlin | Adj: Drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| Avuncular | adj: suggestive of an uncle as in kindliness, and geniality |
| Ebullient | unrestrained joy, bubbling with excitement |
| Edict | a decree, an order, and authoritative proclamation |
| Loquacious | adj: chatty, talkative, full of trivial conversation |
| desiccated | thoroughly dried out |
| profligate | adj. recklessly wasteful n. a particularly wasteful person |
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