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sanguine

adjective: confident, bold

abstruse

adjective: difficult to understand

inveigle

verb: to convey or lure with flattery

fulminate

verb: to rant or verbally explode; to denounce (usually followed by 'against')

fecund

adjective: fruitful, productive, fertile

sententious

adjective: overly prone to use pity, often moralizing axioms or sayings

ascetic

adjective: practices great self-denial, does not allow self any bodily pleasure

sacrosanct

adjective: so important it cannot be touched or changed, sacred

sinecure

noun: a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

effulgence

noun: splendid radiance, shine


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