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Term | Definition |
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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 |