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Stack #4623578
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analogous | comparable in certain respects, corresponding in some fashion |
| Emissary | a person sent on a special mission or errand |
| Repartee | conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies. |
| Ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere |
| Countenance | appearance; a person's face or facial expression |
| Discursive | digressing from subject to subject, rambling |
| Disdain | extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody; to treat with contempt |
| Epigram | a concise, witty, or pointed remark or saying that is tersely expressed |
| Feign | To give a false appearance of, to represent falsely |
| Laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words |
| Confound | archaic; to bring to ruin; to perplex or amaze |
| Gambol | to skip about in play, to leap about playfully; frolic |
| Mutability | prone to change, fickle, inconsistent |
| Nonplused | to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do; perplexed |
| Quail | to give way; falter; to lose heart or courage in difficulty |
| Fatuous | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner |
| Incredulous | skeptical, disinclined or indisposed to believe |
| Obliquely | devious, misleading, or dishonest |
| Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin |
| Sardonic | scornfully or cynically joking; mocking, sneering |
| Astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; sagacious; clever; cunning |
| Beseech | to request earnestly; to beg eagerly for; solicit |
| Deprecating | to belittle; to urge reasons against; protest against |
| Glean | to collect or gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit |
| Salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| Albeit | used to add information(i.e. even though; even if; although) |
| Bereft | deprived of somebody or something; to deprive ruthlessly or by force |
| Intercession | the act of pleading on somebody’s behalf |
| Lineaments | features or details of a face, body, or figure |
| Presage | something that portends or foreshadows a future event |
| Prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavish |
| Prolixity | tiresome wordiness; tedious length |
| Sinecure | office or position requiring little or no work |
| Accordant | Being in agreement or harmony; consonant. |
| Deportment | personal conduct; behavior |
| Pertinacity | the quality of being firm, decisive, and resolute |
| Copious | Large in quantity or number; abundant |
| Irksome | Annoying; irritating; exasperation; tiresome. |
| Scrupulous | having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right |
| Transcendent | going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding. |
| Ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited |
| Entourage | a group of attendants or associates, as of a person of rank or importance |
| Extol | to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
| Languid | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
| Resolute | a resolve or determination; a formal expression of opinion or intention made |
| Chastening | a rebuke for making a mistake |
| Dubious | doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt |
| Errant | deviating from the regular or proper cause; erring; straying |
| Languor | sluggish; a relaxed comfortable feeling |
| Resplendent | shining brilliantly; having great beauty or splendor |
| Assail | to attack vigorously or violently; assault |
| Beget | to procreate or generate (offspring) |
| Bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious |
| Delusion | a false belief or opinion held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
| Auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| Cavil | to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessary |
| Emulate | to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
| Garrison | a body of troops stationed in a fortified place |
| Garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters |
| Imperious | domineering in a haughty manner; intensely compelling; urgent; dictatorial |
| Tumultuous | full of riotousness; marked by disturbance; raising a great clatter and commotion |
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