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revenue
income
vanity
quality of being vain; conceit
aloofness
quality of keeping one's distance from others
flaunting
showing off
candidly
openly; honestly
dumbfounded
amazed; astonished
faltering
hesitating in speech; stumbling
nattily
in a neat, and fashionable way; smartly
retorted
replied quickly; argued
languidly
in a way that shows little or no interest or energy
apprehensive
worried or fearful about the future; frightened
eviction
the putting out of a tenant
reprimand
a serious and formal criticism
obnoxiously
disagreeably;offensively
ominously
menacingly; threateningly
milling
moving around in confusion
impaled
made helpless as if by piercing with a stake