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Bravado

False show of bravery

Degradation

humiliation

Exuberance

Extreme joy

Malicious

intending to cause harm

Perverse

harmful

Poignant

touching and sentimental

Retribution

something given in payment, usually as a punishment

Shanty

Shed or shack

Squalor

filthy conditions from poverty

Stoicism

lack of emotion.

Vigor

physical strength and good health

nostalgia

a sentimental yearning of the past

Futile

pointless, ineffective

chary

cautious & wary

poignant

sense of sadness, affecting deeply

impotent

weak