Collective Vocabulary Final

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Adulation

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Excessive praise or flattery

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Aghast

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Filled with shock or horror

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Askew

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Crooked

To one side

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Disconsolate

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Extremely depressed or dejected

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Gamut

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An entire range or series

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Incessantly

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Without interruption

Continuously

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Pauper

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A poor person, especially one who depends on public charity

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Privation

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The lack of a basic necessity or a comfort of life

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Prospects

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Chances or possibilities, especially for financial success

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Vexation

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Irritation

Annoyance

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Amenity

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Something that adds to one's comfort or convenience

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Condone

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To forgive or overlook

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Cultivated

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Refined or cultured in manner

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Disarming

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Removing or overcoming suspicion

inspiring confidence

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Droll

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Amusingly odd or comical

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Imperative

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Absolutely necessary

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Quarry

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The object of a hunt

Prey

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Scruple

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Feeling of uneasiness that keeps a person from doing something

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Solicitously

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In a manner expressing care or concern

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Tangible

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Capable of being touched or felt

Having actual form and substance

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Uncanny

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So remarkable as to seem supernatural

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Zealous

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Intensely enthusiastic

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Genre

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The category that a piece of literary work is classified

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Fiction

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A story that isn't real.

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Short Story

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A fictional short story that can be read in one sitting

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Novel

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An extended work of fiction

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Plot

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The layout of the story

Sequence of events

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Exposition

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The beginning of the story that sets the conflict, characters, and setting.

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Rising Action

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The points in the story that leads up & builds tension for the climax.

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Climax

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The highest point of tension in the story

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Falling Action

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Shows the after-effects of the Climax.

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Resolution

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When every conflict has been solved

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Setting

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The time & place that the story takes place.

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Theme

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Underlying message of the story.

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Character

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A being that participates in the action of the literary work

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Dynamic Character

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A character that changes throughout the story

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Static character

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A character that stays the same throughout the story

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Round Character

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A character that has different sides to their personality

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Flat Character

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A character that only shows one side throughout the story

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Point of View

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Method of Narration

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First-person

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Narrator is a character in story

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Third-Person

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Narrator is outside the story

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Third-Person Omniscient

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Narrator is outside story can see into every mind of a character

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Third-person Limited

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Narrator is outside story and only sees into one character's mind

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Irony

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Contrast between appearance & reality

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Situational Irony

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Contrast between what a reader/character expects & what actually happens

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Dramatic Irony

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When the reader knows something the character does not

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Verbal Irony

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When someone knowingly exaggerates something or says one thing and means another

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces

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External Conflict

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Character against an outside force

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Internal Conflict

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Character that struggles against themselves

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Protagonist

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Main character

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Antagonist

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A being or force that's against the protagonist/main character

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Foreshadowing

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When the author puts clues into the story to hint at what's going to happen next

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Abstain

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Desist

Go without

Withdraw

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Blighted

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Damaged

Destroyed

Ruined

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Credulous

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Gullible

Ready to believe anything

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Enshroud

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Cover

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haughtiness

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Arrogance

Pride

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

Sad

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Obfuscate

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Deliberately make something difficult to understand

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Plethora

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An excess

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Repudiate

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Shun

Eschew

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Tedium

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Boredom

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Annihilate

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To destroy completely

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Correlate

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To figure out or create a relationship between two items or events

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Expendable

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Not worth keeping

Not essential

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Infinitesimally

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In amounts so small as to be barely measurable

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Malfunctioning

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Not working or operating properly

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Paradox

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A statement or even that sounds impossible but seems to be true

aka Doctor who

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Resilient

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Strong but flexible

Able to withstand stress without injury

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Stagnating

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Becoming foul or rotten from lack of movement

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Subliminal

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Below the level of consciousness

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Undulate

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To move in waves or in a smooth, wavelike motion

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Abstemious

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Self-denying

Refraining from indulging

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Abstemious

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Self-denying

Refraining from indulging

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Blithe

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Free-spirited

Carefree

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Crepuscular

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Active at dawn and dusk

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Enunciation

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Clear pronunciation

Accent

Articulation

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Headstrong

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Stubborn

Willful

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Lackluster

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Dull

Monotonous

Bland

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Objective

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Unbiased

Not subjective

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Pliable

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Flexible

Not stubborn

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Rescind

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Retract

Repeal

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Temper

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To moderate

Soften

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

Obscure

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Blunderbuss

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Clumsy person

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Envenom

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To cause bitterness or bad feeling

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Hedonism

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Self-indulgence

Please seaking

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Laconic

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Using few words

Brief

To the point

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Oblique

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Indirect

Slanting

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Plumage

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Feathers of a bird

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Resignation

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Acceptance of fate

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Tenacious

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Stubborn

Resolute

Holding firm to a purpose

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Accolade

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Tribute

Honor

Praise

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Bolster

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Support

Prop up

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Cryptic

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Puzzling

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Hedonist

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A pleasure seeker

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Lamentation

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Expression of regret or sorrow

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Obliterate

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Destroy

Demolish

Eradicate

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Plummet

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Fall suddenly and steeply

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Resolution

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Determination

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Tentative

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Not certain

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Acquiesce

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To agree to

Give in to

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Bombast

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Arrogant

Pompous language

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Curtail

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Cut short

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Epicure

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Someone who appreciates good food and drink

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Heed

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Listen to

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Lampoon

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Ridicule

Spoof

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Oblivious

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Totally unaware

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Podium

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Raised platform

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Resonant

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Echoing

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Tenuous

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Flimsy

Not solid