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Consternation
Fear from awareness of danger
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Deigning
To do something below ones dignity
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Foible
A distinctive or odd behavior, minor flaw
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Droll
Comical in an odd way
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Procure
To acquire by special effort or arrange partners for others
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Languor
Lack of energy or interest, inactivity
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Tacit
Implied or inferred from actions; not by speech
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Insidious
Inteded to entrap, spreading in a hidden or injurious way, harmful but enticing
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Entreaty
An earnest or urgent request
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Propensity
A natural inclination, a disposition to behave a certain way
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Capricious
Changeable, determined by a whim rather than necessity or reason, impulsive, unpredictable
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Sardonically
In a sarcastic manner, disdainfully or skeptically humorous
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Alacrity
Liveliness, eagerness, cheerful readiness
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Sojourn
A temporary stay, to stay a certain length of time
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Latent
Not presently active, not yet evident
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Adulate
To flatter in an obsequious manner
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Stoic
Indifferent to emotions (esp. pleasure or pain)
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Misanthrope
Someone who dislikes people in general, someone who hates or distrusts humankind
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Acquiesce
To agree, to accept, to comply, to submit tacitly
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Dearth
An insufficient quantity or number
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Dissuade
To turn away from by persuasion, to advise against something
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Insular
Characteristic of isolation, narrowly restricted in outlook (like an isolated life on an island)
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Antipathy
A feeling of intense dislike, settled aversion or dislike
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Voluble
Marked by a ready flow of speech, easily rolling or turning
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Estrange
To arouse hostility where there used to be love, to remove from the customary environment
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Bombast
Pompous or pretentions talk or writing
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Palpable
Easily perceptible, capable of being touched or felt, tangible, noticeable
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Beguile
To attract or influence by slyness, to lead by deception
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Egregious
Conspicuously or outrageously bad
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Clamor
Loud, harsh, strident, or persistent noise
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Ruminate
To reflect upon deeply
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Castigation
Verbal punishment, scolding, severe punishment, criticism
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Expostulate
To reason with someone in order to dissuade them
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Garner
To assemble, to get together, to acquire by effort
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Odious
Unequivocally detestable, deserving of hatred
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