Top twenty-five terms vocab study
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auspicious | (adj)promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success
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commotion | a loud raucous, or cacophony, chaos
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methodical | logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form
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penchant | a desire, a strong interest
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pensive | reflecting deep or profound thought
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punctilious | showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
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incessant | nonstop, continuing without pause or interruption
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prophetic | far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently
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indigenous | native to an area
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decorum | an orderly, manner-filled presence
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facade | the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, facean outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.
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prophetic | -far seeing, predictive, describing someone who speaks of the future confidently
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proponent | someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause (opposite of against--con)
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console | to soothe or make feel better
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mediate | to bring together, to help make conflicting people or groups come to an agreement
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revelation | a revealing, a newly discovered notion or idea
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permeate | throughout, soaked penetrate
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ominous | threatening, foreboding
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errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds (an errant calf).... moving about aimlessly or irregularly (an errant breeze)
behaving wrongly (an errant child)
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rogue | a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel... a mischievous person
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resounding | impressively loud or booming....emphatic, unequivocal (a resounding success)
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unabated | being at full strength or force
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adulation | obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
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junket | trip, journey: such as a trip made by an official at public expense
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defiant | indignant, rebellious
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