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Poignant | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
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Piquant | having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.
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Spontaneity | the condition of being spontaneous; spontaneous behavior or action.
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Cavorted | jump or dance around excitedly.
synonyms: skip, dance, romp, jig, caper, frisk, play/horse around, gambol, prance, frolic, lark
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Piquancy | has a pleasantly sharp and appetizing flavor.
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Camaraderie |
mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
synonyms: friendship, comradeship, fellowship, companionship, fraternity, conviviality.
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Gallic | French or typically French.
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Goaded | provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.
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contemporaneous | existing or occurring in the same period of time.
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Sobriety | the state of being sober.
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Topographically | the geological environment is the primary factor in determining the character of a country in history.
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Surreptitiously | in a surreptitious manner
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Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
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Versatile | able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
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Pompous | affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.
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Philosophical | .
relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
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Diacritics | a sign, such as an accent or cedilla, which when written above or below a letter indicates a difference in pronunciation from the same letter when unmarked or differently marked.
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Fraternity | a group of people sharing a common profession or interests.
Or the state or feeling of friendship and mutual support within a group.
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Kiseitai | damage calculations are canceled
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Considerable | notably large in size, amount, or extent.
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Flintily | Unyielding; stern
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Commissar |
an official of the Communist Party, esp. in the former Soviet Union or present-day China, responsible for political education and organization.
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Emasculating | make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
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Galoshes | a waterproof overshoe, typically made of rubber.
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Anthology | a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
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Superficiality | lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
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Condolences | an expression of sympathy, esp. on the occasion of a death.
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Effervescence | vivacity and enthusiasm. Or bubbles in a liquid; fizz.
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Subordinated | treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.
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Callow | inexperienced and immature.
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Inescort | Sorry, no
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Detractors | a person who disparages someone or something.
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Reverential | of the nature of, due to, or characterized by reverence.
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Foray | a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, esp. to obtain something; a raid.
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Berth | a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock. Or a fixed bed or bunk on a ship, train, or other means of transport.
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Stodgy | dull and uninspired. Or (of food) heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates.
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Inventiveness | the quality of being inventive; creativity.
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Perpetually | everlastingly; for all time; "rays...streaming perpetually from the sun"- Stuart Chase
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Strafing | attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
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Exquisite | extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate. Or intensely felt. Or highly sensitive or discriminating.
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Confection | a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients. Or the action of mixing or compounding something.
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Inadequacies | the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required. Or inability to deal with a situation or with life.
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