| Term | Definition |
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PRIVY |
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 someone else |
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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 |