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Acrid sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)
Boorish ill-mannered
Cynical believing that people act only out of selfish motives
Epistle a letter (form of communication)
Heresy against orthodox opinion
Lance spear; spike; javelin
Obscure difficult to understand; partially hidden
Poignant deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
Respite a break; intermission
Terse concise; to the point
Acrophobia fear of heights
Bourgeois middle class
Debility weakness; incapacity
Epistolary concerned with letters; through correspondence
Hiatus interruption; pause
Languid tired;slow
Obscured hidden; covered; buried
Poised calm; collected; self-possessed
Resplendent shinning; glowing
Therapeutic medicinal; curative
Acuity sharpness (metal or visual)
Braggart someone who boasts
Debunking exposing false claims or myths
Epitomized typified; characterized; personified
Hidebound rigid in opinions
Languish decay; fade away; get weaker
Obsequious servile; submissive
Polemical causing debate or argument
Restorative a tonic
Thwart prevent; frustrate
Adamant forceful; inflexible
Brawny muscular
Decathlon an athletic competition with ten events
Equivocate speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
Hieroglyphics 1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic
Larceny theft; robbery; stealing
Obsession a dominating concern
Ponderous weighty; slow and heavy
Retention preservation; withholding
Timorous cowardly; fearful
Adroit skilful/ skillful
Brevity being brief
Decorum dignified; correct behavior [decorous(a)]
Err make a mistake
Hinder obstruct
Largess generosity
Obsolete no longer valid
Pontificate speak pompously or dogmatically
Reticent restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative
Tirade stream of verbal abuse
Adulation strong admiration; worship
Bristle to show imitation
Decoy lure; trap; trick
Erratic wandering; irregular
Histrionic theatrical; exaggerated
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