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Term Definition
privy privately informed about
feign to pretend
supercilious disdainful, contemptuous
fractious rebellious; irritable
pungent sharply affecting taste or smell
incredulous skeptical
deft skillful, nimble
bantering to exchange light, playful, teasing remarks
rancor bitter resentment; hatred; malice
extemporize to do something impromptu
vigil a devotional watch
banns the ritual notice of an intended marriage
peremptory marked by self-assurance, imperious, masterful
contiguous touching; in contact
hauteur disdainful pride
omnibus bus
prodigality lavish abundance, wastefulness
vacuous purposeless, idle, without ideas or intelligence
wan sickly pale
credulity gullibility
corpulent fat, obese
provincial unsophisticated, narrow-minded
echolalia the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by someone else
convivial fond of feasting, drinking, and companionship
vinous related to wine
enjoin to direct someone in order to do something
malevolence hate, ill will
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Creator dsio1991
Created January 14, 2008
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dsio1991 : Changed banns → the ritual notice of an intended marriagew to banns → the ritual notice of an intended marriage
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  1. feign → to pretend - 2 misses
  2. pungent → sharply affecting taste or smell - 2 misses
  3. prodigality → lavish abundance, wastefulness - 2 misses
  4. vacuous → purposeless, idle, without ideas or intelligence - 2 misses
  5. supercilious → disdainful, contemptuous - 1 miss
  6. fractious → rebellious; irritable - 1 miss
  7. incredulous → skeptical - 1 miss