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enmity
hated between two people, hostility
enemy
chorister
singer, boy in choir
choir
decorous
proper manners
decked out
hiatus
break, pause, vacation, interval
holiday
efflorescence
bloom, flourish
flower
bastion
fort, wall
battle
tumult
chaos, disorder
too much
tirade
tantrum, sermon, yelling
preacher
ebullience
enthusiasm, excitement
bubbly
recrimination
blame, accusation
criminal
declivities
slopes, hills
decline
tacit
clear, eaily understood
?
inscrutable
mysterious, confusing
in=not
vicissitudes
fortunes, luck
gambling
oppressive
forceful, intense, severe
press on
appalled
horrified, shocked, surprised
blatant
loud, noisy; ovious, bold
clamored
demanded, complained, argued over
inarticulate
unable to speak clearly
indigo
deep blue, purple
ineffectual
unable to produce desired results
jeer
mock, taunt, tease
leviathan
sea monster; any huge thing
ludicrous
crazy, ridiculous, absurd
malevolent
mean spirited, to wish harm on
mirage
illusion of water or heat
mutinous
rebellious; against authority
sinewy
muscular, "ripped"
taboo
cultural no-no's, unwritten laws
theorem
proposed idea without proof
enmity
hatred between two people, hostility
chorister
singer, boy in choir
decorous
polite behavior, proper manners
hiatus
break, interval, pause
efflorescence
bloom, flourish
bastion
fort, wall, protection
tumult
chaos, disorder
tirade
sermon, tantrum, yelling fit
ebullience
enthusiasm, excitement
recrimination
blame, accusation
declivities
slopes, hills
tacit
easily understood, clear
inscrutable
confusing, mysterious
vicissitudes
fortunes, luck
oppressive
forceful, intense, severe
appalled
horrified, shocked, surprised
blatant
loud, noisy; ovious, bold
clamored
demanded, complained, argued over
inarticulate
unable to speak clearly
indigo
deep blue, purple
ineffectual
unable to produce desired results
jeer
mock, taunt, tease
leviathan
sea monster; any huge thing
ludicrous
crazy, ridiculous, absurd
malevolent
mean spirited, to wish harm on
mirage
illusion of water or heat
mutinous
rebellious; against authority
sinewy
muscular, "ripped"
taboo
cultural no-no's, unwritten laws
theorem
proposed idea without proof
accessible
available, within reach
crestfallen
sad, disapppointed
impervious
unable to pierce or break through; unaware
loiter
hang around, wait, linger
enterprise
a big job, an undertaking
sensuous
pleasurable; anyhing involving the 5 senses
glower
frown, stare angrily
rebuke
correct, scold
fervor
great emotion, passion; determination
demure
modest, shy
corpulant
fat, heavy, large
buffeted
struck, hit, beat up
static
inactive, resting, unchanging
saunter
walk with confidence, cocky stride
cascade
flow over, spill out as in waterfalls
compelled
forced, strongly persuaded
ambush
sneak attack
myopia
nearsightedness
quaver
shake, sway
falter
trip, lose one's footing, fall behind
talisman
(good luck) charm, a ring, a stone
vegetation
any plant growth, ivy
sniveling
crying and sniffing
cordon
line or circle of troops guarding an area
acrid
sharp or bitter taste or smell; esp. smoke
elephantine
huge, monsterous, gigantic
luminous
bright, shiny
liberation
freedom
wary
unsure, cautious
parry
to ward of a blow, dodge, evade