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TermDefinition
ADVENT the coming or arrival of
ATROCITY the state of being appalling
EPIC a lenghthy narrative poem in dignified language
FIGURATIVE nonliteral and metaphorical
FLOTSAM debris floating in the water
INDELIBLE impossible to remove
JOVIAL having a cheerful disposition
NOSTALGIA a bitter-sweet longing for something int he past
NUANCE A slight difference in
PIOUS Religiously devout
PITHY Brief and forceful yet meaningful
TRAVERSE to travel a given area
ANGST feeling of anxiety
BESIEGE to surround
CONTENTION a competitive argument
CONVENE to come together for a meeting
CONVOLUTED intricate or complicated
HYDRAULIC a system operated by pressure and fluid
IMPETUS an imeplling force to accomplish a task
MOMENTOUS of outstanding importance or consequence
SUCCULENT full of juice, appealing to the taste
SURMISE to make a conclusion with insufficient evidence
TRAVESTY an absurd imitation
TREPIDATION a state of fear
ALTERCATION a heated quarrel
DISCREET careful of confidential matters
FISCAL relating to finance or government income
FLAUNT to show off
GENERIC pertaining to or describing a nonspecific group or class
HAGGARD looking exhausted
INTERMENT a burial
MORBID relating to death and other disturbing subjects
SHREWD having a good judgment; clever
SOMBER dark or gloomy characteristic
STIPEND a regularly fixed payment
SUCCOR relief in time of distress
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