comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared

a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.

a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.

(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires

very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.

a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

present, appearing, or found everywhere

accorded a great deal of respect, esp. because of age, wisdom, or character

a person's face or facial expression; support

the action of depositing something

digressing from subject to subject.

extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody.

a concise, witty, and often paradoxical remark or saying

To give a false appearance of, to represent falsely; pretend to

using few words; expressing much in few words; concise

air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling

habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness

dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony; misdirected; abnormally; twisted or bent to one side; crooked

to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse; to contradict or refute

a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar; any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest. (verb) To act as curator of; organize and oversee

light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. Of or pertaining to the upper regions of space

To leap about playfully; frolic

liable or subject to change or alteration, fickle, constantly changing

to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely. (noun) a state of utter perplexity.

overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.

to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.

used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

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Term	Definition
Analogous	comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared
Brigand	a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
Emissary	a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
Felicity	intense happiness
Incendiary	(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires
Magnanimous	very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
Plight	a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
Repartee	conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.
Ubiquitous	present, appearing, or found everywhere
Venerable	accorded a great deal of respect, esp. because of age, wisdom, or character
Countenance	a person's face or facial expression; support
Deposition	the action of depositing something
Discursive	digressing from subject to subject.
Disdain	extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody.
Epigram	a concise, witty, and often paradoxical remark or saying
Feign	To give a false appearance of, to represent falsely; pretend to
Laconic	using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
Mien	air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling
Veracity	habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness
Wry	dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony; misdirected; abnormally; twisted or bent to one side; crooked
Confound	to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse; to contradict or refute
Curate	a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar; any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest. (verb) To act as curator of; organize and oversee
Ethereal	light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. Of or pertaining to the upper regions of space
Gambol	To leap about playfully; frolic
Mutability	liable or subject to change or alteration, fickle, constantly changing
Nascent	beginning to exist or develop
Nonplused	to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely. (noun) a state of utter perplexity.
Pedantic	overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.
Quail	to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
Rhetorical	used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

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