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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feign | pretend to be affected by a feeling |
| disconcerting | cause one to feel unsetteld |
| epiphany | a moment of sudden revalation |
| predilection | a pretence or special likeing bias |
| coerse | to persuade an unwilling person to do something by threat |
| exhort | strongly encourage or urge someone to do something |
| excaberate | to make a problem worse |
| temper | to serve as a neutralizing or counter balancing force |
| precept | a general rule intended to regulate thought |
| expideint | convienent or practical |
| droll | cuorious or unusal in a way that provokes dry humor |
| unfamable | incapable of being full understood |
| detrimental | tending to cause harm |
| convival | frindely likeing enjoyable |
| affable | easy to talk to |
| ostentatious | charecterized by vulga display |
| laconic | using very few words |
| evanescent | soon parring out of sight |
| caustic | able to burn organic tissue |
| propitious | giving or indicacting a good chance of sucsess |