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Affront

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An open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to one’s face; to face in defiance, confront

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Abstruse

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Extremely difficult to understand

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Canard

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A false rumor, fabricated story

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Captious

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Excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

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Cognizant

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Aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

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Contrite

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Regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent

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Cynosure

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The center of attention, attraction, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct

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Decorous

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Well behaved, dignified, socially proper

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Deign

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To think it appropriate or suitable to one’s dignity to do something; to condescend

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Desiccated

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Thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting

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Efficacy

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The power to produce a desired result

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Engender

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To bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form

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Ethereal

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Light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)

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Façade

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The front or face of the building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)

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Ghoulish

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Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead

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Incongruous

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Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible

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Machination

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A crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end

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Mesmerize

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To hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

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Putative

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Generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred