| Term | Definition |
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| insurgency | (n) an organized, often armed rebellion or uprising aimed at changing or overthrowing authority; the state or condition of being insurgent; a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party |
| sequester | (v) to remove or set apart, to segregate into solitude or seclusion |
| mimetic | (adj) relating to the resemblance of one thing to another; imitative |
| stateliness | (n) majestic, dignified carriage; impressiveness in size, scope, or extent; elaborately formal courtesy befitting royalty |
| vaunt | (v) to boast or brag; to boast or brag about (something); (n) an act of boasting; speech of extravagant self-praise |
| discordant | (adj) not in agreement or harmony, conflicting; disagreeable in sound, dissonant |
| oscillate | (v) to move or swing from side to side regularly; to be undecided about something, wavering between opinions or courses of action |
| prevaricate | (v) to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, to avoid or stray from the truth |
| braggadocio | (n) vain and empty boasting, pretentious cockiness |
| mercurial | (adj) prone to sudden unpredictable change, temperamental, volatile; relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury |
| mendacious | (adj) given to habitual lying; intentionally untrue |
| deviation | (n) digression, divergence, or departure from an expected course; the act of turning aside; an abnormality |
| pilfer | (v) to repeatedly steal the belongings of others, often in small quantity and of little value |
| coercion | (n) the act of compelling by force of authority; power used to overcome resistance and obtain compliance |
| conscript | (v) to force into military service; (n) someone who is drafted into military service |
| sinuous | (adj) curved or curving in and out, winding, undulating, serpentine; characterized by supple and lithe movements; not direct; devious |
| denizen | (n) a person who inhabits or frequents a particular place; a plant or animal naturalized in a region |
| orotund | (adj) full, rich, and resounding (in sound); ostentatiously lofty in style; pompous, bombastic, overblown |
| emir | (n) an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) |
| induce | (v) to bring about or cause; to cause to do something; to figure out by induction (drawing generalized conclusions from specific, limited observations) |
| felicitous | (adj) marked by happiness or good fortune; admirably suitable, well chosen or expressed; exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| excoriate | (v) to express strong disapproval of; to denounce, censure, or scold harshly; to tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading (rubbing) |
| rostrum | (n) a dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking; the curved, beaklike prow of an ancient Roman ship; a beaklike or snoutlike projection |
| expiate | (v) to make amends for; to atone |
| volatile | (adj) tending to vary often, rapidly, or widely; fickle, inconstant, quickly changeable; potentially violent or explosive; evaporating readily; capable of flying |
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