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analytic: using logical reasoning or analysis
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bravado: a false show of courage or defiance
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debut: first public performance or showing
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degradation: condition of being brought to a lower level; humiliation
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dialect: a variety of standard language unique to a certain region or social group
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discordant: having a disagreeable or clashing sound
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doggedness: persistence; stubbornness
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encore: repeated or additional performance
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evanesce: to disappear; vanish
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exotic: excitingly strange
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exuberance: condition of unrestrained joy
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fiasco: a complete failure
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futile: having no useful result
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heresy: an action or opinion contrary to what is generally thought of as right
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hypothesis: an assumption made in order to test its possible consequences
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imminent: about to occur
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impotent: powerless; lacking strength or vigor
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infallibility: an inability to make errors
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intuitive: based on what seems to be true without conscious reasoning; instinctive
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lament: to express grief or deep regret
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mesmerizing: holding one's attention in an almost hypnotic manner
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nostalgia: bittersweet longing for things from the past
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ostensibly: seemingly, to all outward appearances
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perverse: stubbornly contrary; wrong; harmful
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poignantly: in a profoundly moving manner
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precariously: insecurely; in a dangerous or unstable way
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prodigy: a person who is exceptionally talented or intelligent
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reiterate: to repeat
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reproach: blame; criticism
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retribution: something given in repayment, usually as a punishment
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scenario: description of a possible course of action or events
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squalor: a filthy, shabby, and wretched condition, as from poverty
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stoicism: indifference to pleasure or pain; a lack of visible emotion