 | Term | Definition |
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milieu |
the setting, environmetn, surroundings |
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pert |
lively, vivacious; saucy, impudent, fresh |
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outlandish |
peculiar, weird, bizarre; unorthodox, unconventional; out-of-the-way |
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shiftless |
careless, sloppy, lackadaisical |
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overbearing |
high-handed, domineering; overriding |
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gallantry |
chivalrousness; valor, daring |
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taint |
to stain, soil, tarnish, pollute; a blot |
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mediate |
to settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee |
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ensue |
to follow, come after, result |
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regale |
to entertain, amuse, divert |
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quirk |
a peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity |
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judicious |
wise, thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute |
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appease |
to pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate |
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impart |
to pass on, transmit; to bestow, grant |
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conventional |
ordinary, commonplace, orthodox |
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decoy |
to lure, entrice, entrap; a lure, bait |
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cite |
to refer to, enumerate; to subpoena |
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belated |
trady, delayed, behindhand |
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delve |
to dig into, probe, investigate |
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calamitous |
disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal |
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