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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

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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 nounviolent 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

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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 adjectivevery 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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