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grandeur

the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.

wryly

produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features a why grin

 

chaperon
An older person who attends or supervises a social gathering of young people
colluding

to act together in a secret understanding

to conspire in a fraud 

deigned

To think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend: wouldn't deign to greet the servant who opened the door.

 

Nor would we deign him burial of his men" (Shakespeare). 

Domino effect  
a cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events
eccentric  
deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
headlong

with the head foremost, headfirst: to plunge headmost into the water

without delay, hastily: to plunge headlong into work

 

without deliberation: to rush headlong into water

horseplay     
rough or boisterous play or pranks
inchoate

not yet completed or fully developed, rudementary

just begun, incipient

not organized, lacking order 

incipient
beginning to exist or appear, in an initial stage
ineffable

inexpressible

not to be spoken because of its sacredness:

This is the moment of ineffable, intangible ecstasy. 

interloper

to intrude into someone's region or a field of trade without proper license

to thrust oneself into the affairs of others 

jostled

to bump, push, shove, brush against or elbow roughly or rudely:

The crowd jostled him into the subway

To exist in close contact or proximity with:

The three women jostled each other in the small house 

largesse
generous bestowal of gifts.
nimble

quick and light in movement, moving with ease:

nimble feet

quick to understand, device: a nimble mind 

pare

to cut off the outer coating, layer or part of:

Private fund firms buy companies, fix them up or pare them down.

pariah

outcast

any animal or person that is generally despised or avoided 

parlance

a way or manner of speaking, legal parlance, internet parlance

a formal discussion or debate

talk 

quaint

Having an old fashioned attractiveness or charm:

a quaint old house 

Strange, peculiar or unusual in an interesting,  pleasing or amusing way

The era when dark truths were were kept by the CIA now seems almost quaint 

queasy
inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person,
rendition (render)     

the act of rendering

Render: to cause to be or become, make: to render someone helpless

 CIA controversial practices: rendition, domestic spying

septuagenarian
Age: =70 <80
throngs

a large group of people gathered or crowded closely together:

Police gathering is often not enough to rein in throngs of trash-talking teens.

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