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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auspicious | Promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success. |
| Commotion | A loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos. |
| Methodical | Logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form. |
| Penchant | A desire, a strong interest. |
| Pensive | Reflecting deep or profound thought. |
| Punctilious | Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior. |
| Incessent | Nonstop continuing without pause or interruption. |
| Prophetic | Far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently. |
| Indigenous | Native to an area. |
| Decorum | An orderly, mannerly-filled presence. |
| Facade | The face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, facing outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. |
| Proponent | Someone who is for, or fighting for a cause. |
| Console | To sooth or make feel better. |
| Mediate | To bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement. |
| Revelation | A revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea. |
| Permeate | Throughout, soaked penetrate |
| Ominous | Threatening, forbidding. |
| Errant | Straying outside the proper path or bounds, moving about aimlessly or irregularly, behaving wrongly. |
| Rogue | A dishonest or worthless person, a mischievous person. |
| Resounding | Impressively loud or booming. |
| Unabated | Being at full strength or force. |
| Adulation | Obsequious flattery, excessive admiration or praise. |
| Junket | Such as a trip made by an official at public expense. |
| Defiant | Indignant, Rebellious. |