| Term | Definition |
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Privy |
(privy to) privately informed about |
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Feign |
to pretend |
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Supercilious |
disdainful, contemptuous |
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Fractious |
rebellious; irritable |
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Pungent |
sharply affecting taste or smell; acrid; acutely distressing |
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Incredulous |
skeptical |
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Deft |
skillful, nimble |
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Bantering |
to exchange light, playful, teasing remarks |
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Rancor |
bitter resentment; hatred; malice |
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Extemporize |
to do something impromptu |
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Vigil |
a devotional watch (usually at night) |
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Banns |
the ritual notice of an intended marriage |
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Peremptory |
marked by self-assurance, imperious, masterful |
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Contiguous |
touching; in contact; adjacent |
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Hauteur |
disdainful pride |
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Omnibus |
bus |
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Prodigality |
lavish abundance, wastefulness |
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Vacuous |
purposeless, idle, without ideas or intelligence |
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Wan |
sickly pale |
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Credulity |
gullibility |
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Corpulent |
fat, obese |
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Provincial |
unsophisticated, narrow-minded |
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Echolalia |
the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by |
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Convivial |
fond of feasting, drinking, and companionship |
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Vinous |
related to wine |
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Enjoin |
to direct someone in order to do something |
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Malevolence |
hate, ill will |