abate: To lessen
aberration: A departure from what is normal
acrimonious: Bitter in tone
adept: Highly skilled
adulation: Excessive praise
alacrity: Cheerful readiness
amicable: Friendly
analogous: Similar in some way
antagonist: An opponent or enemy
apathetic: Not caring
archaic: Very old-fashioned
assuage: To soothe
banal: Dull from overuse
bolster: To support
brevity: Shortness
censure: Strong criticism
circumspect: Careful about consequences
coalesce: To come together as one
conciliatory: Willing to make peace
condone: To overlook or allow
connoisseur: An expert judge in matters of taste
contentious: Likely to cause argument
convoluted: Very complicated
corpulent: Having a large, heavy body
debilitate: To weaken
decorum: Proper behavior
deference: Polite respect
deride: To mock
despondent: Very discouraged
didactic: Intended to teach
digress: To wander from the main topic
discord: Disagreement
disdain: Scorn
docile: Easy to manage
dogmatic: Stubbornly insisting
dormant: Sleeping or inactive
ebb: To flow back
eclectic: Drawing from many sources
efficacy: Power to produce results
elusive: Hard to catch
emulate: To copy in order to equal
enigma: A mystery
equivocal: Having two possible meanings
erudite: Having great learning
eschew: To avoid
exemplary: Serving as a model
exonerate: To clear of blame
feasible: Possible
fortuitous: Happening by lucky chance
garrulous: Talking too much
haughty: Arrogantly proud
hone: To sharpen
imminent: About to happen
impervious: Not affected by
incisive: Sharp and clear
innocuous: Harmless

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