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tactile |
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch |
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bevy |
large group |
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disposition |
the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude |
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lackadaisical |
without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic |
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desultory |
lacking in consistency, constancy; digressing from or unconnected with the main subject |
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dire |
serious, urgent |
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dolt |
an obtuse person |
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gait |
a manner or rate of walking |
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garb |
clothing, attire |
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hone |
to sharpen |
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mire |
a swamp pit, mud, a quagmire |
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molt |
to shed hair, feathers, shell, or horns |
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onus |
a duty or burden |
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oust |
to forcibly remove a ruler from power |
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tout |
to flaunt |
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aphorism |
a wise saying, adage, maxim |
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avant-garde |
cutting edge, new, experimental |
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bequest |
a gift upon one's death |
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brook |
to endure; to put up with |
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bungle |
to mess up |
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byzantine |
ornate, fancy |
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celerity |
cheerful speed |
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culprit |
a person or other agent guilty of something |
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crude |
rude, lacking refinement |
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disposed |
having a tendency or inclination |
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galvanize |
to incite, to arouse to action |
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gingerly |
carefully, scrupulously |
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grovel |
to beg or plead, to behave subordinately |
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incantation |
a calling out for inspiration or guidance, an invocation |
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inexorable |
steadfast, resolute |
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intemperate |
excessive, immoderate |
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jaded |
bored/empty from too many pleasures or overindulgence |
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leviathan |
a subaquatic, mythological creature; something huge |
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milieu |
environment, especially social and cultural |
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myopic |
short-sighted |
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nihilism |
rejection of established laws and institutions; philosophy: extreme skepticism, denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth |
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promulgate |
to make known by open declaration |
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qualm |
doubt, hesitation, quandary |
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quibble |
to find fault with |
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rescind |
to take back, to withdraw |
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retrograde |
to go backwards, to regress |
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spate |
an outpouring |
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specious |
false, spurious |
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sybarite |
a pleasure-loving person |
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table |
to set aside an issue to be disscussed later |
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tawdry |
cheap-looking, gaudy, dowdy |
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unheralded |
unannounced |
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upstart |
a rebel, an insurgent, a maverick; someone who has risen temendously and suddenly |
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vaunt |
to brag or boast |
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venial |
forgivable, pardonable |
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vestigial |
extremely small |
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victuals |
food |
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virile |
manly, masculin |
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vitiate |
to impair, to render ineffective |
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watershed |
a defining moment, a turning point |
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waylay |
to ambush |
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wheedle |
to cajole or coax |
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windfall |
an unexpected gain |
