| Term | Definition |
|---|
| denizen | a person who inhabits a particular place |
| dilatory | inclined to waste time and lag behind |
| fortuitously | happening by chance/ accidental |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
| garrulous | loquacious; wordy; talkative |
| malevolence | evil intent |
| meretricious | gaudy; showy; attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
| oculist | a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye |
| peremptory | admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious |
| portentous | of ominous significance |
| prodigality | extravagance: excessive spending |
| provincial | pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated |
| proximity | The state of being close or next to; nearness. |
| punctilious | excessively exact and careful, detail oriented |
| redolent | having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent. |
| strident | loud and harsh, insistent |
| supercilious | haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium |
| truculent | belligerent, scathingly harsh; vitriolic; destructive |
| turgid | excessively ornate; swollen or bloated |
| vacuous | empty; silly; meaningless |
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