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Reserved

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it’s slow to reveal emotion or opinion

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Privy

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it’s to be shared with the knowledge of something that is private

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Feign

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it’s to pretend to be affected by something like feelings or injuries

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Levity

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lack of seriousness.

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Scorn

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the feeling of something or someone is useless and incompetent.

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Elation

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great happiness and exhilaration.

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Supercilious

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it’s the action of superior to other.

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Palpable

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it’s something which is able to be touched or felt

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lacerate

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to tear or to make big cuts / it could also be to criticize forcefully

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appraise

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to access the value of something

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scruple

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noun : having a feeling of doubt with regard to the morality of a specific action

verb : to hesitate to do something that everyone deem as wrong

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ennui

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it’s a feeling of sadness and disappointment from a lack of excitement

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rowel

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the spiky revolving disk end of the spur

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Tangible

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something that is able to be touch.

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Dank

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something that is damp, wet, moist.

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Opaque

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something that is unclear and unable to see through

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affable

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Friendly and easy to talk to

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Grotesque

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disgusting, ugly and distorted

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Amenity

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a desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place

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Venerable

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

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Zealous

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having or showing zeal(great enthusiasm )

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Indolent

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wanting to avoid activity or lazy

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Placid

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not easily upset or excited

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Droll

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curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

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Opiate
contain opium
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Deplorable
deserving strong condemnation.
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Uncanny
strange mysterious
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Cosmopolitan
familiar with many culture
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dissimulation
concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense.
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Convivial
friendly
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jaunty
cheerfull manner
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refrain
stop oneself from doing something.
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gradual
progressing slowly
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understudy
person who learns another's role in order to be able to act as a replacement at short notice.
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sagacity
quality of getting good judgment
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bona fide
original
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suavity
the quality of being charming, confident, and elegant in manner.
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impetuous
acting or done quickly and without thought
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Gesticulation
a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.
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haughty
feeling superior to other people
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wary
showing caution about possible dangers
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notoriety
famous for doing someting bad
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vehement
showing strong feeling
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Magnanimous
very generous or forgiving to someone less of you.
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derision
mockery
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persistent
never give up
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Mockery
teasing someone
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meretricious
apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.
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turgid
pompous and bombastic
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harrowing
acutely distressing.
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Affront
an action that causes outrage
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genial
cheerfull and friendly
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hypocritical
behaving in an arrogant manner.
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conceive
create
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profound
showing great knowledge
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stifled
suffocate someone
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envelop
wrap up, cover, or surround completely