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| Histrionics | Melodramatic behavior to attract attention |
| Prevarication | Someone who lies |
| Martinet | Strict disciplinarian |
| Tapestry | Intricate or complex |
| Populace | People living in an area, town etc. |
| Dissembler | Conceals his true opinions, not true to what he feels |
| Dissimilitude | Dissimilar |
| Churlish | Rude |
| Hackneyed | Trite (lacks originality) |
| Cosmopolitan | Many people from different countries |
| Polyglot | Speaks or knows a lot of languages |
| Labyrinthine | Irregular or confusing |
| Terese | Abrupt |
| Pithy | Expressing an idea in few words |
| Aphorism | A pithy observation that contains a general truth ( a short saying) |
| Ignominy | Public shame or disgrace |
| Forsake | To leave |
| Garbled | Not clear; very difficult to understand |
| Haltingly | In a nervous way, stopping often while you are saying or doing something |
| Ceaseless | Without stopping, no end |
| Cogently | In a way that is clearly expressed and is likely to persuade people |
| Bucolic | Relating to countryside |
| Menace | Something that is likely to cause harm |
| Palpable | So obvious that it can easily be seen or known |
| Coax | To persuade someone |
| Adroitly | Skillful |
| Underbelly | Weakest or unpleasant part of something |
| Roiling | To move quickly in a twisting circular movement |
| Subsume | To include someone |
| Postering | To make people believe something that is not true |
| Munificent | Very generous with money |
| Tepid | Not very warm |
| Substantial | Large in size, value |
| Reverential | Full of respect and admiration |
| Persistent | Lasting for a long time |
| Tantamount | Being almost the same or having the same effect |
| Heresay | An opinion that is opposite of or against the official or popular opinion (not following tradition in a strong way that you get punished for it) |
| Eccentric | Strange or unusual (behaving differently than what is expected) |
| Reversion | Change back to a previous condition |
| Vanquished | To defeat an enemy in a war |
| Lionized | Give a lot of public attention, treat as a celebrity |
| Ostracized | To avoid someone intentionally or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group |
| Deride | To laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value |
| Hindsight | The ability to understand a situation only after it has happened. |
| Pauper | A very poor person |
| Curmudgeon | An old person who is often in a bad mood (grumpy). |
| Steadfast | Not changing quickly |
| Roundabout | Not direct |
| Unseemly | Not proper or appropriate |
| Brusque | Rude |
| Perfunctory | Done quickly, without taking care or interest |
| Pointed | Intending criticism |
| Polemical | Strongly attacking or defending a particular opinion |
| Enumerate | To list out things |
| Ineptitude | The fact of not being skilled or effective |
| Contingent upon | Dependent on something else |
| Peripheral | Not central or of main importance |
| Coterminous | Joining or connecting |
| Spate | An unusually large number of events that happen suddenly and at about the same time. |
| Unprecedented | Never happened in the past |