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chicanery noun trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry indigenous adjective originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country trepidation noun tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation admonitory adjective tending or serving to admonish alleviate verb make easier to endure amalgamate verb mix or merge so as to make a combination ambidextrous adjective able to use both hands equally well apotheosis noun elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god arboreal adjective or pertaining to trees asperity noun harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner benevolence noun desire to do good to others castigation noun Listen

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criticize or reprimand severely commodious adjective spacious and convenient contumacious adjective stubbornly perverse or rebellious dereliction noun deliberate or conscious neglect detumescence noun reduction or subsidence of swelling disencumber verb free from a burden or other encumbrance efficacy noun capacity for producing a desired result or effect effluvia noun slight or invisible exhalation or vapor effrontery noun shameless or impudent boldness empirical adjective derived from or guided by experience or experiment encomium noun formal expression of high praise exigency noun exigent state or character exoneration noun clear, as of an accusation expatiate verb enlarge in discourse or writing fulmination noun violent denunciation or censure ignominious adjective marked by or attended with ignominy inimical adjective adverse in tendency or effect insouciant adjective free from concern, worry, or anxiety intransigent adjective refusing to agree or compromise labyrinthine adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth laudatory adjective containing or expressing praise machination noun instance of machinating obstreperous adjective resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner palatial adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace

penurious adjective extremely stingy perfidious adjective deliberately faithless propinquity noun nearness in place recalcitrant adjective resisting authority or control recidivism noun repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime recreancy adjective cowardly or craven redoubtable adjective that is to be feared sophomoric adjective or pertaining to a sophomore or sophomores soporific adjective causing or tending to cause sleep stentorian adjective very loud or powerful in sound tautology noun needless repetition of an idea ubiquitous adjective existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time vacillation noun instance of vacillating vituperate verb use or address with harsh or abusive language

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