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mien
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Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind- a dignified manner or conduct ex.)Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen.
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cower
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To cringe in fear
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undulation
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A regular rising and falling or movement to alternating sides; movement in waves; A wavelike form, outline, or appearance
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deign
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To think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend
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suffuse
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To spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or lightcause; to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
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taciturnity
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Habitually untalkative
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facetious
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Playfully jocular; humorous
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austere
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave
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slatternly
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Characteristic of or befitting a slattern (An untidy, dirty woman)
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conjecture
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Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork
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effrontery
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Brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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animosity
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Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred
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innocuous
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Having no adverse effect; harmless
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querulous
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Given to complaining; peevish
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reticent
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Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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rill
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A small brook; a rivulet
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inexorable
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Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
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convivial
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Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable
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scintillate
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To throw off sparks; flash
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volubility
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Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent
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languid
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Lacking energy or vitality; weak
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stoicism
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Indifference(Having no particular interest or concern to pleasure or pain; impassiveness (Devoid of or not subject to emotion)
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