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15002760829Truculenadj. -fierce, rude, cruel, savage0
15002760830Venerate-v- to worship1
15002760831Impish-adj.- mischievous2
15002760832Tempestn - a storm3
15002760833Indolent- adj- idle, lazy, to avoid work4
15002760834Edifice-n- a building, especially a tall imposing one5
15002760835Vicissitude-n- a condition of constant change or alternation as a natural process, mutability6
15002760836. Torpor-n- a state of being dormant or inactive, temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion, sluggishness, stupor, dullness7
15002760837Arduous-adj.- difficult to do, laborious8
15002760838Advent-n- arrival-9
15002760839Sentient-adj.- capable of feeling10
15002760840Incumbent- n- The holder of an office11
15002760841Sagacious-adj.- wise Related word- sage12
15002760842Obtuse- adj.- not sharp or blunt, either literally or metaphorically. Can be used to mean slow13
15002760843Alacrity- n- liveliness, willingness to jump into the action14
15002760844Tremulous-adj.- trembling, quivering, palpitating, even fearful15
15002760845Moribund-adj.- dying16
15002760846Imbue-v- to fill up, to saturate, to permeate or even to thoroughly inspire17
15002760847Reminiscence-n- the act of remembering past experiences, the written or spoken recollection Related word- reminisce18
15002760848Gourmand-n- a glutton19
15002760849Vitiate-v- to make imperfect, faulty or impure; can also refer to impure or perverse people; to nullify a contract20
15002760850Expatiate-v- to leave the homeland .21
15002760851Repudiate-v- to put away, to divorce, to cast off publicly22
15002760852banaladj- trite, commonplace, tired23
15002760853percolate- v.-ooze gradually or strain, used metaphorically to mean permeate gradually24
15002760854Imbecile-n- a very foolish or stupid person25
15002760855Cumbersome- adj.- hard to handle or deal with because of size26
15002760856Polemic- adj.- controversial27
15002760857Malleable-adj.- capable of being changed molded or trained, originally used to refer to the bending of iron28

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