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Term
Shirk
Definition

verb:

to evade work or duty

Term
penance
Definition

noun

a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin

Term
inconspicuous
Definition

adjective:

not noticeable or prominent

Term
miser
Definition

noun

person who lives in wretched circumstances to save money; stingy

Term
guffaw 
Definition

noun:

unrestrained, loud laughter

Term
trite
Definition

adjective:

lacking freshness, used repetitively; hackneyed; banal

Term
adroit
Definition

adjective:

expert or nimble in the use of hands or body; cleverly skillful; resourceful; ingenious

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churlish
Definition

adjective:

boorish; rude; difficult to work with

Term
impertinence
Definition

noun:

unmannerly intrusion or presumption; irrelevance

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lithe
Definition

adjective:

bending readily; limber

Term
mirth
Definition

noun:

gaiety; jollity

Term
revel
Definition

verb:

to take great pleasure or delight

Term
sagacious
Definition

adjective:

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense

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manifest
Definition

adjective:

evident, plain; obvious

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amenable
Definition

adjective:

submissive; agreeable; tractable

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inveterate
Definition

adjective:

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice or feeling; firmly established by long continuance

Term
enchant
Definition

verb:

subject to magical influence; to delight to a high degree

Term
discursive
Definition

adjective:

passingly aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling

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opulent
Definition

adjective:

ostentatiously rich and extravagant 

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inexorable
Definition

adjective:

unyielding; unalterable

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protean
Definition

adjective

readily assuming different forms or character; extremely variable

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salacious
Definition

adjective:

lustful or lecherous

Term
dolorous
Definition

adjective:

full of, expressing, or causing pain and sorrow; grievous; mournful

Term
resilience
Definition

adjective:

the power or ability to return to the original form; elasticity

Term
insolent
Definition

adjective:

boldly rude or disrespectful

Term
complacency
Definition

noun:

a feeling of quiet pleasure, often while unaware of some potential danger; feeling of satisfaction

Term
deliberation
Definition

noun:

careful consideration before decision

Term
extol
Definition

verb:

to praise highly; laud

Term
quell
Definition

verb:

to vanquish, suppress, or extinguish

Term
deference
Definition

noun:

respectful submission or yielding to the judgement, opinion or will of another

Term
laconic
Definition

adjective:

using few words; consice

Term
tumultuous
Definition

adjective:

marked by disturbance and uproar; raising a great clatter  and commotion; highly agitated

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