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- sere
- dry and withered
- expatriate
- someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
- inane
- without sense or meaning; silly
- incognitto
- disguised; pretending not to be oneself
- enunciate
- to state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce
- evoke
- to summon forth
- collaborate
- to work with another toward a goal
- fiasco
- a complete, ridiculous failure
- contrite
- feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
- frowzy
- unkempt
- cajole
- to persuade with false promises and flattery
- impound
- to confine; to retain in legal custody
- inscrutable
- not easily understood; hard to fathom
- omniscient
- having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing
- emulate
- to strive to be equal to; to imitate
- acrimony
- ill-natured, bitter hostility
- metier
- the work one is especially suited for; one's specialty; an occupation
- feasible
- reasonable; capable of being carried out
- fluctuate
- to rise and fall; to vary irregulary
- heinous
- hatefully or shockingly evil
- exult
- to rejoice; to feel triumphant
- unctuous
- exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
- balk
- to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on
- expound
- to explain in detail; to clarify
- lethargy
- lack of energy; sluggishness
- dour
- stgern and ill-humored
- impeccable
- faultless; without sin or blemish
- enhance
- to increase the value or beauty of something
- harry
- to annoy or harass
- magnanimous
- noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts