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acolyte devoted attendant
ambivalent showing conflicting attitudes
analogous similar in some respect
antithesis something that is the exact opposite
ad hoc for a particular purpose
boondocks remote, rural areas
contiguous joining or adjacent
de facto existing, though maybe not legally
desultory casual and unmethodical
diffident shy and timid
disparate totally different and distinct
endemic found in or exclusive to a localised area
evanescent fading away
excoriate severely censure or denounce
expiate atone for or make amends
fecund fertile
forbearance self-control and patience
hackneyed stale and trite
hiatus break or gap
homogeneous all of the same kind
Kafkaesque dehumanizing and nightmarish
languorous feeling sluggish and drowsy
melange confused mixture
oligarchy goverment controlled by a privileged few
opprobrium disgrace
paradigm a model example
recalcitrant stubborn and uncooperative
salacious obscene and bawdy
sanctimonious making a display of piety and purity
sanguine cheerful and optimistic
sardonic mocking and scornful
scurrilous obscenely abusive and defamatory
stygian dark and gloomy
supercilious arrogant and indifferent
truculent defiantly sullen and aggressive
vapid dull and lifeless
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