wanedlessened, diminishedaudacityexcessive boldness, rashness, daringgesticulationsenergetic hand or arm movementsscantlingssmall beams of woodtattoocontinuous drumming, military termdeputeddelegated, to appoint as a representativesuppositionsan educated guess, assumptions that are believed to be truefluentlyeasily and rapidly, as in speaking or writingvehementlyfiercely, violently