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Yahoo (n)

: a boorish, crass, or stupid person

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Unintelligible (adj)

Unable to be understood or comprehended

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Guile (n)

Deceitful, Cunning

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Devise (v)

To form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles

To plan to obtain or bring about

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Incipient (adj)

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent or visible

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Effluvia (n)

An invisible emanation, Especially: An offensive exhalation or smell

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Pecuniary (adj)

Consisting of or measured in money

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Usurp (v)

To seize or hold (office, place, functions, power, etc.) in possession by force without right

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Qualm (n)

A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety

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Ingratiating (adj)

Intended or adopted in order to gain favor: FLATTERING

Capable of winning favor: PLEASING

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Tremulous (adj)

Characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors

Affected with timidity : TIMOROUS

Such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness

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Vitriol (n)

Bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism

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Gingerly (adj)

Very cautious or careful

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Undermine (v)

To subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly

To weaken or ruin by degrees

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Cursory (adj)

Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : HASTY

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Ameliorate (v)

To make better or more tolerable

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Perpetuity (n)

Infinite/ Eternity

Quality or state of being perpetual

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Accede (v)

(Formal situation) To express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand —usually + to

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Hedonist (n)

: a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure: someone who practices hedonism.

Example --> Someone who does drugs and has reckless sex without care for the harm done to others but only aiming for their own pleasure: a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism.

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Ignoble (adj)

Characterized by baseness, lowness, meanness

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Fawn (v)

To court favor by a cringing or flattering manner

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Tactile (adj)

:perceptible by touch : TANGIBLE

:of, relating to, or being the sense of touch

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Nadir (n)

The lowest point

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Gallivant (v)

: to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

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Unequivocal (adj)

: leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS

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Infantilize (v)

: to make or keep infantile: to treat as if infantile

Infantile → suitable to or characteristic of an infant

especially: very immature

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Shenanigans (n)

: tricky or questionable practices or conduct —usually used in plural

: high-spirited or mischievous activity —usually used in plural

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Disparate (adj)

: markedly distinct in quality or character

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Cavalcade (n)

: a procession of vehicles or ships

: a dramatic sequence or procession : SERIES

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Zany (adj)

: very eccentric or absurd often in an amusing way

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Carouse (v)

: to take part in a carouse : engage in dissolute behavior

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Wistful (adj)

: full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

also : inspiring such yearning

: musingly sad : PENSIVE

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Beguile (v)

HOODWINK (: to deceive by false appearance : DUPE)

: to lead by deception

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Dolorous (adj)

: causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

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Hackles (n)

: erectile hairs along the neck and back especially of a dog: TEMPER, DANDER

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Contraption (n)

: DEVICE, GADGET

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Lackadaisical (adj)

: lacking life, spirit, or zest : LANGUID

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MacGyver (v)

: to make, form, or repair (something) with what is conveniently on hand

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Vicinity (n)

: a surrounding area or district : NEIGHBORHOOD

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Unctuous (adj)

: having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality

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Plausible (adj)

: superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often deceptively so

: superficially pleasing or persuasive

: appearing worthy of belief

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Sinecure (n)

: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

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Expedite (v)

: to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up

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Arboreal (adj)

: of, relating to, or resembling a tree

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Vicissitudes (n)

: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition

: alternating change : SUCCESSION

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Prudence (n)

: the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason

: sagacity or shrewdness in the management of affairs

: skill and good judgment in the use of resources

: caution or circumspection as to danger or risk

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Shrewd (adj)

: marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen

: given to wily and artful ways of dealing

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Posterity (n)

: all future generations

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Plummet (v)

: to fall perpendicularly

: to drop sharply and abruptly

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Defunct (adj)

: no longer living, existing, or functioning

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