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Term | Definition |
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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. |