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minion

a fawning, servile follower

burlesque

a ludicrous imitation

cartographer

a person who makes maps

interlocutor

a person who takes part in a conversation

modicum

a small amount of something

exotic

allering foreign

carnivore

an animal that eats other animals

sociopath

antisocial person with no sense of moral respect

macho

assertive

asperity

bitterness

placid

calm, peaceful

prattle

chatter continuously about foolish/ unimportant things

limpid

clear, transparent

salient

conspicuous

odious

hateful

oleaginous

like oil, having an oily manner (person)

vociferous

noisy, loud

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

sporadic

occasional

minimal

the least possible

accrue

to accumulate, to happen as a natural growth/ result

bobble

to blunder, fumble, treat awkwardly

atrophy

to waste away through illness/ deterioration

precarious

uncertain, open to chance, risky

punctilious

Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful

truculent

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

panegyric

elaborate or formal praise

ebullient

enthusiastic, exuberant, bubbing with high spirits

hyperbole

exaggeration

baffling

impossible to understand; perplexing

quixotic

impractical, foolishly idealistic

enamored

in love with; charmed by

intransigent

inflexible, refusing to compromise/ agree

sacrosanct

inviolable, unbroken

shenanigans

playful mischief

regal

royal

surreptitious

secret, stealthy

warble

sing with trills, runs, or quavers like a bird

repository

storage area, a supply resource

epigrammatic

witty, terse


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