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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well; very skillful |
| Enhance | intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of. |
| Furtive | attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive. |
| Eradicate | destroy completely; put an end to |
| Discordant | harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. |
| Mesmerize | hypnotizing |
| Interject | abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption. |
| Serenity | calmness; peacefulness |
| Fiasco | a complete or humiliating failure |
| Infirmity | a weakness or an ailment |
| Reverie | fanciful thinking, daydream |
| Prodigy | an extraordinarily gifted or talented person, especially a child |
| Subversive | seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution. |
| Imminent | likely to happen soon; bound to happen |
| Skiff | a small boat |
| Testament | a person's will, especially the part relating to personal property. |
| Self-possessed | in control of oneself; composed |
| Profuse | great in amount, plentiful |
| Taut | tense; tight |
| Improvise | made up on the spot |
| Blasphemous | showing disrespect or scorn for God or anything sacred |
| Spectral | ghost like |