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solecism
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1. a socially awkward or tactless act 2. to make a mistake while speaking or grammatical error
plucky
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to be plucky is to show courage. plucky people are often underdogs fighting against the odds
unforthcoming
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uncooperative, not willing to give up information
charlatan
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a flamboyant deceiver, one who attracts customer with tricks or jokes
perspicacious
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acutely insightful, wise, shrewd
effrontery
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If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery
pecuniary
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relating to or involving money eg- pecuniary compensation
punctilious
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a punctilious person always pays attention to details
epiphany
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a sudden revelation or moment of insight
insouciance
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lack of concern
cede
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relenquish possession or control over
temerity
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quality of being unfraid of danger or punishment
impute
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attribute (responsibility or fault) to something or someone
prolixity
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boring verbosity (the fact or quality of using more words than needed, wordiness)
maunder
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1. talk in a rambling (lengthy and confused) manner 2. to wander aimlessly
gaffe
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a mistake that embarrasses you in front of others
portentous
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ominously prophetic, an omen indicating something bad will happen
mordant
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biting and caustic(sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way) in thought, manner or style; anything dark in nature
provident
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making or indicative of timely preparation for the future
sagacious
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acutely insightful, having a good judgement
flummox
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me a mystery or bewildering to
grandiloquent
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Grandiloquent is a fancy term for, well, being fancy or pretentious. In fact, you might say grandiloquent is itself a pretty grandiloquent word.
artlesness
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the quality of innocence
enthrall
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hold spellbound
lampoon
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to lampoon is to ridicule. A lampoon is a parody or satire.

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