C Flashcards
(151 cards)
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What does ‘Squander’ mean?
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Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.
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What is a ‘Plethora’?
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A large or excessive amount of something.
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What does ‘Wither’ mean?
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To fall into decay or decline.
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What does ‘Decipher’ mean?
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Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
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What is a ‘Bulge’?
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A swelling to an incongruous extent.
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What does ‘Suffice’ mean?
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To be enough or adequate.
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What does ‘Nice’ mean?
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Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive.
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What does ‘Subtle’ mean?
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So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe.
‘A subtle difference in the colours.’
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What does ‘Resolute’ mean?
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Marked by firm determination.
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What is a ‘Catalyst’?
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A person or thing that precipitates an event.
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What does ‘Seamy’ mean?
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Sordid, disreputable, corrupt.
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What does ‘Ensue’ mean?
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Happen or occur afterwards or as a result.
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What does ‘Grumble’ mean?
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Complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
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What does ‘Commiserate’ mean?
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Express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize.
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What does ‘Champion’ mean?
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Vigorously support or defend the cause of.
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What does ‘Foreboding’ mean?
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A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.
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What does ‘Auspicious’ mean?
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Conducive to success; favourable.
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What does ‘Disgorge’ mean?
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Pour (something) out.
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What does ‘Wreak’ mean?
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Cause (a large amount of damage or harm).
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What does ‘Catalyze’ mean?
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Cause (an action or process) to begin.
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What does ‘Incipient’ mean?
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Beginning to happen or develop.
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What does ‘Haphazard’ mean?
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Lacking any obvious principle of organization; random, unsystematic.
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What does ‘Levity’ mean?
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Frivolity.
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What does ‘Earthly’ mean?
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Mundane, possible.
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What does 'Devoid' mean?
Entirely lacking or free from.
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What does 'Lag' mean?
Fall behind; a period of time between one event and another.
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What does 'Elicit' mean?
Evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.
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What does 'Recast' mean?
To reformulate.
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What does 'Brook' mean?
Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).
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What does 'Intimate' mean?
Closely; familiar.
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What does 'Embody' mean?
To incorporate something.
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What does 'Instigate' mean?
Incite someone to do something, especially something bad.
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What does 'Recant' mean?
Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.
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What is a 'Reproof'?
An expression of blame or disapproval; rebuke.
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What does 'Apprehension' mean?
Feeling of anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
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What does 'Distorted' mean?
Give a misleading or false account or impression of.
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What does 'Flippant' mean?
Not showing a serious or respectful attitude.
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What does 'Grouse' mean?
Complain about something trivial; grumble.
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What does 'Restive' mean?
Intranquilo.
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What does 'Skittish' mean?
Nervous or excitable; easily scared.
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What does 'Laughably' mean?
In a ludicrous manner; absurdly.
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What does 'Goad' mean?
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
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What does 'Mutter' mean?
Say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation.
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What does 'Minatory' mean?
Expressing or conveying a threat.
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What does 'Cower' mean?
Crouch down in fear.
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What does 'Pristine' mean?
In its original condition; unspoilt.
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What does 'Lambast' mean?
Criticize (someone or something) harshly.
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What is 'Narcissism'?
Excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.
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What does 'Overreaching' mean?
Go too far.
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What are 'Dictums'?
A short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.
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What are 'Bromides'?
A trite statement.
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What does 'Conflate' mean?
To combine things.
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What does 'Peddle' mean?
Try to sell.
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What does 'Draconian' mean?
Excessively harsh and severe.
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What does 'Tentative' mean?
Unconfirmed; something that is not conclusive.
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What does 'Chilling' mean?
Horrifying or frightening.
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What does 'Myriad' mean?
Extremely great number of people or things.
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What does 'Lubricious' mean?
Displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire.
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What does 'Ludicrous' mean?
Ridiculous.
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What does 'Impervious' mean?
Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by.
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What does 'Prime' mean?
Make (something) ready for use or action.
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What does 'Obliterate' mean?
Destroy utterly; wipe out.
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What does 'Staunchness' mean?
The quality or state of being strongly loyal, committed, and steadfast.
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What does 'Convey' mean?
To transmit something.
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What does 'Entail' mean?
To imply something.
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Modicum
a small quantity of a particular thing,
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Synonyms:
supplicate
beseech
entreat
plead
to supplicate something to humbly ask
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Synonyms:
inert
phlegmatic
sluggish
impassive
stoic
stolid
apathetic
lethargic
to be tired, without energy not wanting to move
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Synonyms:
lure
cajole
entice
wheedle
coax
persuade
exhort
inveigle
blandish
try to persuade someone it could in a good way or bad way
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Synonyms:
entrall
smitten
allure
to charm someone in a good or bad
to captivate
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Synonyms:
squalor
sordid: corrupt o dirty
penury
filth
dirty suciedad
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Synonyms:
rebuke
admonish
revile
vituperate
excoriate
execrate
upbraid
inveigh
to critique, to reprimand or mild or harsh, or to loathe, it depends,
but most to reprimand
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Synonyms:
expatiate
diffuse
dilate
vex
to talk about something in great length, or to some different Synonyms, both meanings.
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Synonyms:
mitigate
placate
attenuate
extenuate
assuage
palliate
calm
pacify
abate
to reduce something or diminish someone anger or size or calm
to reduce the quantity
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Synonyms:
snobbish
foolhardy
dour
boor
churl
raucous
scurvy
baleful
inimical
base
malo o corrupto
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Synonyms:
hubris
imperious
overweening
overconfident
overbearing
supercilious
haughty
effrontery
vainglorious
narcissist
creido como altanero
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Synonyms:
cacophony
uproar: a strident noice or an scandal
clamor
bay
stentorian
strident
plangent
din
hard sounds or horrible
or extreme sounds or molestos
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veto
verb: proscribe
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pellucid
adj something clear to see through,
perspicuity, limpid
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dogged
Pertinacious
indefatigable,
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
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besmirch
traduce
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panacea
analgesic
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whet
verb to hone perfect, sharpen
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deferential
polite respectful
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outmoded
adj obsolete
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aversion
odium
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meddlesome
impertinent, officious
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compound
exacerbate
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leery
circumspect
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rally
coalesce
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adamant
intransigent, unwilling to change in opinion
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dim and dull
adj, lackluster not have light
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cherish
verb revere
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belletrist
bombastic
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wax, boom
verb to grow, burgeon
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gist
adj pithy, to the point
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lurk
verb skulk hide with evil intent
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abet
verb buttress support
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unkempt
verb: slovenly
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ideologues
reactionaries
zealot
doctrinaire, dogmatic
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effete
feebleness
enervate, to weaken
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lax and slack
relaxed insouciant nonchalant
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attest
verb evince
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fleeting
transient and ephemeral
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pique and nettle
vex, pester annoy
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echo
mimicry
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spoiled, libertine
dissipated
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harshness
asperity
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foreground
advert
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lagging, dally and tarry
dilatory: procrastinaste
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jaundiced
sallow
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spartan
austere
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dwindle, wane
ebb, diminution
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iota
whit
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painstaking and sedulous
assiduous
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rudimentary
inchoate
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Tony and lavishness
opulent and luxurious
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contrived
mannered
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idly
inert and lethargic
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anemic
arid, have little energy
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snobbish disdainful
haughty arrogant
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surpassing
inimitable
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joviality
blithe
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erosive
caustic and abrade
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egalitarian
dispassionate
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dissent
demur: challenge, oppose, disagree
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scuffle
fracas
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alienate
estrange
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bulolic
Idyll
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unappeasable
implacable
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sloth
lethargic
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defy
flout
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flamboyant and flashy
ostentatious
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martial
pugnacious
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stalemate, predicament and conundrum
quandary
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pervasive
ubiquitous
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forwent and forswear
abjure, relinquish
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breaching
contravene
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decamp
abscond
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zeal, swiftness, rhapsody, eagerness, testiness
anxiety and alacrity
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con and dupe
gull
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misnomer, appellations, sobriquets
epithet
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deafening
stentorian
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weepy and sappy
Lachrymose
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dizzy, bewilder, baffle, astound, bemuse
v. to puzzle or confuse , surprise
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asylum
fastness
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avid
having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.
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elusive
difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
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pejorative
expressing contempt or disapproval.
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aplomb
self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.
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tantamount
equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
