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accrue verb, happen or result as a natural growth or addition. i.e. an interest on money. wisdom with age
breach noun, verb, violation of a law, obligation; temporary gap; a leap of a whale out of water; to make a gap; to break, violate
canard noun, deliberately misleading story; or rumor; an airplane with stabilizing in front
cataclysm noun, flood, catastrophe
caucus noun, verb, a closed meeting of a group of the same political party
chastened verb, to correct or discipline, to cause to be more restrained
constrain verb, to restrict the motion of; confine; limit
deprecate verb, express disapproval, play down; belittle; withdraw support
dissemble verb, hide under a false appearance, put on the appearance; pretense
dissident adjective, noun, disagreeing with an established org or belief
embroil verb, throw into disorder or confusion, to involve in conflict
estrangement noun (verb: estrange), to have a mutual indifference where there had formerly been love or friendliness, removal from customary environment
extricate verb to free from entanglement or difficulty
grandiloquent adjective (noun: grandiloquence), a lofty, extravagantly colorful style, especially in language
impasse noun, a predicament with no obvious escape, deadlock
inane adj, noun, lacking significance, silly, empty, void
ingenuous adj, childlike innocence, lacking craft or subtlety
pithy adj (noun: pith: essential part; core), having substance
poseur noun, a person who pretends to be what he/she is not
posture noun, verb, the position of the body; pose, conscious mental attitude
recalcitrant adj, obstinately defiant, resistant; not responsive
reconcile verb, restore friendship, check account for accuracy
remorse noun, gnawing distress from guilt
trajectory noun, curve of a planet in space, path or line of development
wayward adj, following own inclinations, following no clear principle, opposite of what is desired/expected
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