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English III AP
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10/25/2007

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Inauspicious
Definition
Not prosperous or promising
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Physiognomy
Definition
Facial features held to show quallities of mind or character by their configuration or expression
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Augur
Definition
To foretell or predict the future especially from omens
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Scourge
Definition
To flog or whip; to chastise, criticize
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Ignominy
Definition
Disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality or action; shame or humiliation
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Prefigure
Definition
To show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image or likeness
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Malefactor

Malefactress 

Definition
One who commits an offense against the law; a felon
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Evanescent
Definition
Tending to vanish, like vapor; transient
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Iniquity
Definition
Wickedness
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Contumely
Definition
Harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt
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Remonstrance

Remonstrate 

Definition
Objection
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Cloister
Definition
An area within a monastary or convent to which the religious are normally restricted; a place or state of seclusion
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Lurid
Definition
Causing horror or revulsion; gruesome; sensational, shocking or melodramatic; ghastly
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Plaintive
Definition
Expressive of suffering or woe; melancholy (usu. used with a sound)
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Peremptory
Definition
Expressive of command; leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
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Efficacy
Definition
Effectiveness; the power to produce an effect
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Expostulate
Definition
To reason earnestly with a person for the purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance
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Progenitors
Definition
An ancestor in the direct line; forefather; originator (of an idea)
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Ascetic
Definition
Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline
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Voluptuous
Definition
Suggestive of sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form; full of delight or pleasure to the senses
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Insidious
Definition
Awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous; harmful but enticing
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Contumacious
Definition
Stubbornly disobedient; rebellious
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Anathema
Definition
The denunciation of something as accursed; something that has been denounced as accursed; a ban by ecclesiastical authority accompanied by excommunication
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Requite
Definition
To make return for; repay; reciprocate
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Rankle
Definition
To cause anger, irritation or deep bitterness
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Imperious
Definition
Befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank; commanding or dominant
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Exigencies
Definition
That which is required in a particular situation; a state of affairs that makes urgent demands
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Indue
Definition
To imbue, provide, endow (with something abstract)
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Expatiate
Definition
To speak or write at length or detail (with 'on' or 'upon')
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Indefeasible
Definition
Not capable of being annulled, made void or undone
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Adduce
Definition
To bring forward as evidence; to offer as an example or proof
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Unwonted
Definition
Being out of the ordinary; rare or unusual; not accustomed by experience
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Aver
Definition
To verify or prove to be true; to allege or assert
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Emaciated
Definition
Wasted away physically; very thin or feeble
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Countenance
Definition
To extend approval or toleration to; to sanction
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Sensibilities
Definition
Refined or excessive sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness; sensitivity
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Importunate

Importune 

Definition
Troublesomely urgent; overly persistent in request or demand
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Vilify
Definition
To lower in estimation or importnace; to utter slanderous and abusive statements against
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Decry
Definition
To express strong disapproval of
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Commodious
Definition
Comfortably or conveniently spacious; roomy
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Refute
Definition
To prove wrong by argument or evidence
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Transfigure
Definition
To give new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to
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Inimical
Definition
Being adverse or harmful to something by reason of hostility or malevolence
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Abase
Definition
Belittle, demean, humiliate
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Decorous
Definition
Marked by propriety and good taste; correct
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Palliate
Definition
To reduce the violence of; to cover by excuses or apologies
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Proffer
Definition
To present for acceptance; offer
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Somniferous
Definition
Causing sleep
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Latent
Definition
Present and capable of becoming though not now visible
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Odious
Definition
Exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance
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Presentiments
Definition
A feeling that something will or is about to happen
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Machinations
Definition
A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end
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Preternatural
Definition
Existing outside nature; exceeding what is natural
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Abstruse
Definition
Difficult to comprehend; hard to get the sense of; hidden away
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Apostolic
Definition
Of or relating to an apostle; conforming to the teachings of the New Testament
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Enjoin
Definition
To direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
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Dissemble
Definition
To put on a false appearance to conceal facts, intentions or feelings
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Somnambulism
Definition
Sleepwalking
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Expiate

Expiation 

Definition
To extinguish the guilt incurred by; to make amends for
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Luminary
Definition
A person of prominence or brilliant achievement; a body that gives light
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Torpid

Torpor 

Definition
Having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling; numb; lacking energy or vigor
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Singular
Definition
Distinguished by superiority; exceptional; Being out of the ordinary
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Erudite
Definition
Learnéd; having extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from bookish learning
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Scurrilous
Definition
Using coarse language; being vulgar or evil; containing obscenities or slander
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Replete
Definition
Fully or abundantly provided or filled (used with "with")
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Gibe
Definition
To utter taunting words; scoff
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Accost
Definition
To approach and speak to, often in a challenging or aggressive way
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Benign
Definition
Of gentle disposition; showing kindness and gentleness; of mild type or character; harmless
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Speculation
Definition
Contemplation or consideration of a subject; meditation; a conclusion or theory reached by conjecture
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Prophet  / Prophetess

Definition
A man/woman gifted with more than the ordinary spiritual and moral insight; one who fortells future events
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Effluence
Definition
Something that flows out; an action or process of flowing out; emanation
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Obviate
Definition
To prevent or make unnecessary
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Propinquity
Definition
Nearness in time or place; proximity; nearness of blood or kinship
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Blight
Definition
A disease or injury of plants resulting in withering and death without rotting
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Sere
Definition
Dried and withered
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Verdure

Verdant 

Definition
The greenness of growing vegetation; such growing vegetation; a condition of health and vigor
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Sedulous
Definition
Involving or accomplished with careful perseverance; meticulous
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Deletrious
Definition
Harmful often in a subtle way
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Petulant
Definition
Insolent or rude in speech or behavior; having ill humor; sulky or bad-tempered
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Propensity
Definition
An often intense natural inclination or preference
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Asperity
Definition
Roughness of manner or of temper
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Scintillating
Definition
Brilliantly lively, stimulating or witty
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Loquacity

Loquacious 

Definition
Talkativeness
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Gait
Definition
Stride; a manner of walking; the way one walks
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Contiguity

Contiguous 

Definition
Being in actual contact; touching along a boundary; near in time or sequence
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Misanthrope

Misanthropy 

Definition
A hatred or distrust of mankind; a person with such feelings
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Consecration
Definition
Dedication to a sacred purpose
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Colloquy
Definition
Conversation or dialogue; a high-level serious discussion
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Denizens
Definition
Inhabitants; ones that frequent a place
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Dryad
Definition
A wood nymph
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Inure
Definition
To accustom someone to something, esp. something unpleasant
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Mollify
Definition
To soothe in temper or disposition; to appease or pacify
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Cankered

Canker 

Definition
Corrupted, debased spirit; a fungal disease
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Prattle
Definition
To babble meaninglessly
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Vicissitudes
Definition

Changing circumstances; natural change

A favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance 

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Duplicity
Definition
Contradictory doubleness of thought, speech or action, esp. the belying of one's true intentions by deception
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Disquietude
Definition
Anxiety, agitation
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Gainsay

Gainsaid 

Definition
To deny or contradict
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Blasphemous

Blaspheme 

Definition
Impiously irreverent; profane
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Dissolute
Definition
Lacking restraint, esp. marked by indulgence in things deemed vices
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Introspection
Definition
A reflective looking inward; an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
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Obeisance
Definition
A bodily gesture, such as a bow, that expresses respect, deference or homage
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Potentate
Definition
One who wields controlling power; ruler
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Gratuitous
Definition
Without apparent reason or justification; not called for by the circumstance; given without return or compensation
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Vigil

Vigilant 

Definition

The act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary;  a period of watching or surveillance

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Recompense
Definition
To give something as compensation; Something given as compensation
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Mien
Definition
Air or bearing esp. as expressive of attitude or personality
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Quaff
Definition
To drink deeply
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Languor

Languid 

Definition
Weakness or weariness of body or mind; lethargy
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Jocular

Jocularity 

Definition
Given to jesting; habitually jolly or jocund
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Depredations
Definition
Plundering, ravaging, laying waste
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Probity
Definition
Moral uprightness; adherence to the highest principles and ideals; integrity
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Animadversion
Definition
Adverse and typically ill-natured critisism
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Profusion

Profuse 

Definition
Great quantity; lavish display or supply
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Ministrations
Definition
The giving of aid or service
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Clarion
Definition
Trumpet-like horn; brilliantly clear as if from a clarion
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Apotheosis
Definition

Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of; the quintessence

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Nugatory
Definition
Having no force; inconsequential; nullified
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Escutcheon
Definition
A shield with armorial bearings displayed
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Feign
Definition
To pretend, dissemble
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Abortive

Abort 

Definition
Fruitless; cut short
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Elations

Elate 

Definition
Joys; to fill with joy
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Epigram
Definition
A short witty poem or saying
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Arresting
Definition
Catching suddenly and engagingly; striking or impressive
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Wistful
Definition
Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; musingly sad or pensive
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Supercilious
Definition
Coolly haughty, arrogant or proud
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Fractious
Definition
Tending to be troublesome, unruly or quarrelsome
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Perceptible
Definition
Capable of being perceived esp. by the senses
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Complacency
Definition
Self-satisfaction
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Extemporizing
Definition
To improvise or speak without preparation
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Coherence
Definition
Having clarity or intelligibility; understandable
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Settee
Definition
A long seat with a back; a medium sofa with arms and a back
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Peremptory
Definition
Expressive of urgency or command
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Banns
Definition
Public announcement or a proposed marriage
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Libel
Definition
Written or oral defamatory statement that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression
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Transcendent
Definition
Exceeding usual limits; surpassing
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Obscure
Definition

Not known about; uncertain; Hard to make out or define

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Rakish
Definition
Dashing, debonair, stylish; carelessly unconventional
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Proprietary
Definition
Relating to one that possesses, owns or holds exclusive rights to something
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Chiffon
Definition
A sheer fabric esp. of silk
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Hauteur
Definition
Arrogance, haughtiness, self-importance
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Mincing
Definition
Dainty or delicate; walking with an affected delicacy or fastidiousness
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Strident
Definition
Characterized by loud, harsh, grating and discordant sound
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Deft
Definition
Neatly skillful and quick in one's movements
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Staid
Definition
Respectable, unadventurous, marked by prim self-restraint
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Impetuous
Definition
Impulsive or forceful; acting quickly and without thought
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Tortuous
Definition
Marked by repeated twists, bends or turns; marked by devious or indirect tactics
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Vacuous
Definition
Emptied of or lacking content; lacking ideas or intelligence
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Florid
Definition
Tinged with red, ruddy
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Provincial
Definition
A person of local or restricted interests or outlook; a person lacking urban polish or refinement
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Convivial
Definition
Friendly, cheerful, lively, enjoyable
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