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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 |
