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8010258312Adept (adj)very skilled; proficient; expert0
8010258313Ambivalent (adj)having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two opposing courses of action1
8010258314Apropos (adj)fitting; pertinent; opportune2
8010258315Ascetic (adj)a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction3
8010258316Brazen (adj)shameless or impudent4
8010258317Broach (v)to mention or suggest for the first time5
8010258318Deliverance (n)1. salvation 2. liberation6
8010258319Derisive (adj)contemptuous; mocking7
8010258320Droll (adj)amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish8
8010258321Edifying (adj)instructing or benefiting, especially morally or spiritually; uplifting9
8010258322Engender (v)to produce, cause, or give rise to10
8010258323Eschew (v)to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid11
8010258324Extraneous (adj)introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign12
8010258325Glower (v)to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger13
8010258326Indolence (n)slothfulness14
8010258327Inexorable (adj)unyielding; unalterable15
8010258328Illicit (adj)disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons16
8010258329Illusory (adj)deceptive; misleading17
8010258330Investiture (n)the formal bestowal, confirmation, or presentation of rank, office, or a possessory or prescriptive right, usually involving giving of insignia or an official title18
8010258331Languid (adj)lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow19
8010258332Naiveté (n)the quality or state of being naive; natural or20
8010258333Ostacism (n)exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship,21
8010258334Provinciality (n)a condition of being unsophisticated by exclusive association with inhabitants of a province; narrowness; the state or quality of being rustic, narrow or illiberal, parochial22
8010258335Punitive (adj)serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment23
8010258336Reposeful (adj)full of or suggesting (repose (n)-the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep); calm; quiet24
8010258337Rudimentary (adj)undeveloped or vestigial; elementary25
8010258338Rueful(adj)feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful; doleful26
8010258339Salacious (adj)lustful or lecherous27
8010258340Sanguine (adj)cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident28
8010258341Superfluous (adj)being more than is sufficient or required; excessive 2. unnecessary or needless29

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