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14775695239truculent(a) fierce, rude, cruel, savage0
14775695240venerate(v) to worship1
14775695241impish(a) mischievous2
14775695242tempest(n) a storm3
14775695243indolent(a) idle, lazy, to avoid work4
14775695244edifice(n) a building, especially a tall, imposing one5
14775695245vicissitude(n) a condition of constant change or alternation as a natural process, mutability6
14775695246torpor(n) a state of being dormant or inactive, temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion, sluggishness, stupor, dullness7
14775695247arduous(a) difficult to do, laborious8
14775695248advent(n) arrival9
14775695249sentient(a) capable of feeling10
14775695250incumbent(n) the holder of an office11
14775695251sagacious(a) wise12
14775695252obtuse(a) not sharp or blunt, either literally or metaphorically13
14775695253alacrity(n) liveliness, willingness to jump into the action14
14775695254tremulous(a) trembling, quivering, palpitating, even fearful15
14775695255moribund(a) dying16
14775695256imbue(v) to fill up, to saturate, to permeate or even to thoroughly inspire17
14775695257reminiscence(n) the act of remembering past experiences, the written or spoken recollection18
14775695258gourmand(n) a glutton19
14775695259vitiate(v) to make imperfect, faulty or impure; can also refer to impure or perverse people; to nullify a contract20
14775695260expatiate(v) to leave the homeland21
14775695261repudiate(v) to put away, to divorce, to cast off publicly22
14775695262banal(a) trite, commonplace, tired23
14775695263percolate(v) ooze gradually or strain, used metaphorically to mean permeate gradually24
14775695264imbecile(n) a very foolish or stupid person25
14775695265cumbersome(a) hard to handle or deal with because of size26
14775695266polemic(a) controversial27
14775695267malleable(a) capable of being changed molded or trained, originally used to refer to the bending of iron28

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