| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Anomaly | Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule |
| Badinage | light, playful banter or raillery |
| Brusque | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
| Cower | to crouch, as in fear or shame |
| Diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
| Dross | waste matter; refuse |
| Extricate | to free or release from entanglement; disengage |
| Fodder | coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum |
| Garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner |
| Hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| malapropism | an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously |
| Pertinacity | the quality of being pertinacious; persistence |
| Plausible | having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; |
| Prehensible | adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something |
| Rancor | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. |
| Resolute | firmly resolved or determined; |
| Ruminate | to meditate or muse; ponder |
| Simian | of or pertaining to an ape or monkey |
| Stolid | not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional |
| Succor | help; relief; aid; assistance |
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