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aberration

abnormal behavior or appearance

acerbic

acid in temper, mood or tone

allusion

indirect reference

analogous

comparable

balk

refuse, make a false start

bogus

fake, counterfeit, not authentic

captious

fault-finding, negative criticism

charlatan

fake, pretender

choleric

hote-tempered

concatentation

chain, linked together

credulous

ready to nelieve with unncertain ot little evidence

denizen

inhabitant, native

different

shy,reserved

docile

manageable, obedient

edify

instruct, correct morally

eschew

avoid, shun

espouse

to support

exude

discharge, give forth

fecund

rich, fruitful, fertile

fullsome

disgustingly excessive

grandiose

imposing, impressive

hereogeneous

dissimilar, mixed

hyperbole

exaggeration, overstatement

impediment

obstruction, hindrance

impute

to blame(often falsely or unjustly), charge

irrevocable

unalterable, unchangeable

jettison

throw overboard, to cast off flight

ken

range of knowledge

litigious

disputatious, contentious, apt to engage in law-suite

mien

demeanor, bearing

morfant

critical, sacastic, biting

necrology

list of the dead,obituary

ossify

change or harden into bone

pellucid

transparent, easy to understand

piebald

spotted, mottled

pique

irritation, resentment

prehensile

capable of grasping or holding

proboscis

long snout, nose

prosaic

commonplace, dull

recumbent

prone, lying down, reclining

remunderation

payment, reward

requite

repay, revenge

sacerdotal

priestly

saturnine

sullen, cold, surly

sedulous

dillifent

temerarious

rash, foolhardy

tyro

beginner, novice

unwonted

unusual, out of the ordinary, unaccustomed

virago

shrew

wrangle

bicker, argue