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TermDefinition
Apocryphal Make-believe
Arcane Understood by few
Convene To summon or cause to assemble
Expedient Useful for some purpose; convenient
Exude To ooze or emit
Gesticulate To motion energetically with the body or limbs
Imperturbable Calm and assured
Increment An increase
Levity Lack of seriousness; joking
Mortify To embarrass or humiliate
Periphery The area around the edges; the outermost parts
Raconteur One who tells stories with great skills
Reiterate To say or do over again; to repeat
Subterfuge A deceptive scheme or strategy
Vacillate To waver (or to alternate indecisively between opinions or actions)
Accoutrements equipment or accessories
Aggrieved Feeling or expressing a sense of injustice, injury, or offense
Choleric Easily angered, quick-tempered
Comport To behave or conduct oneself (to be in accord or agreement)
Disconcert To disrupt, to perturb, to fluster
Fauna Animals (of an area or time as a whole)
Interpose To place or come between or intervene
Maraud To roam in search of plunder
Modicum A small amount
Opulent Having or exhibiting great wealth or abundance
Patrician A member of the nobility
Phlegmatic Not given to action or reaction (syn:Imperturbable)
Propensity Tendency or natural inclination
Therapeutic relating to treatment of a disease; contributing to general well-being.
Utilitarian Usefulness over beauty; practical
Created by: 13AmaMcD
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