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ennui
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Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: “The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters” (John Barth).
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bordello
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A house of prostitution.
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exotica
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Things that are curiously unusual or excitingly strange
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austere
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave
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disposition
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One's usual mood; temperament: a sweet disposition
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quizzical
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Suggesting puzzlement; questioning
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perplex
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confuse
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impertinent
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Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold: impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup.
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pansexual
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Relating to, having, or open to sexual activity of many kinds
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urbane
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Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner
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panache
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Dash; verve.
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expedient
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Appropriate to a purpose.
n. 1. Something that is a means to an end. 2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need. See Synonyms at makeshift. |
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pithy
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Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment
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uncanny
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Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird.
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mitigate
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To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve
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