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demeanor
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The way in which a person behaves; deportment.
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terminate
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to bring to an end; put an end to
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testily
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irritably impatient; touchy.
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portal
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a door, gate, or entrance
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analogy
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similarity or comparability
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unintelligible
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not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
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ebullition
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a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.
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connoisseur
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a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste
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articulated
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made clear or distinct
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surmise
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
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insinuate
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to suggest or hint slyly
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symbol
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something used for or regarded as representing something else
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allusion
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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
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fantasy
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imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained.
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reminiscence
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the act or process of recalling past experiences, events
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