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**Stagger**: To walk or move unsteadily. **Sifted**: To examine closely or separate finer elements. **Perspiration**: Sweat; the process of sweating. **Sooty**: Covered with or resembling soot; blackened. **Intruder**: Someone who enters a place without permission. **Haughty**: Arrogantly super...

**Stagger**: To walk or move unsteadily. **Sifted**: To examine closely or separate finer elements. **Perspiration**: Sweat; the process of sweating. **Sooty**: Covered with or resembling soot; blackened. **Intruder**: Someone who enters a place without permission. **Haughty**: Arrogantly superior and disdainful. **Tramp**: A person who travels on foot, often homeless. **Forge**: To create or shape (a relationship, document, etc.), often with effort or deceit. **Acquaintance**: A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend. **Yonder**: At some distance in the direction indicated. **Heedlessly**: Carelessly; without regard or attention. **Kerfuffle**: A commotion or fuss. **Prof**: Short for professor. **Prod**: To poke or stimulate into action. **Swab**: To clean or apply with a sponge or mop. **Elusive**: Difficult to find, catch, or achieve. **Bandit**: A robber or outlaw. **Spectacular**: Impressive or dramatic in appearance or effect. **Incongruent**: Not in harmony or not fitting in. **Intransigent**: Unwilling to change one's views or to agree. **Exquisite**: Extremely beautiful and delicate. **Inane**: Silly or lacking meaning. **Grim**: Harsh or forbidding in appearance or outlook. **Demeanor**: Outward behavior or manner. **Get loco**: To go crazy or become wild (slang). **Reiterate**: To say or do something again for emphasis. **Dire**: Extremely serious or urgent. **Poised**: Having composure and self-assurance. **Dismal**: Depressing or dreary. **Genuflect**: To kneel as a sign of respect or worship. **Egregious**: Outstandingly bad or shocking. **Pursuit**: The action of chasing or striving for something. **Resilient**: Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. **Coherent**: Logical and consistent. **Viable**: Capable of working or being successful. **Irritant**: A substance or action that causes discomfort or annoyance. **Behove**: To be necessary or proper for someone. **Ill-behove**: To be inappropriate or improper. **Emulate**: To imitate or match, especially out of admiration. **Rake something up**: To bring up an old subject or problem. **Contentious**: Causing or likely to cause disagreement. **Callously**: In a way that shows cruelty or insensitivity. **Retrieval**: The process of recovering or retrieving something. **Islet**: A small island. **Cede**: To give up power or territory. **Sub-judice**: Under judicial consideration and therefore prohibited from public discussion. **Assertion**: A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. **Demarcate**: To set boundaries or limits. **Join the bandwagon**: To join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or popular. **Atrocity**: An extremely wicked or cruel act. **Besieged**: Surrounded by armed forces or troubled persistently. **Ceasefire**: A temporary stoppage of a war where both sides agree to stop fighting. **Abstain**: To refrain from doing something by choice. **Carrot and stick**: A method of persuasion using both rewards and punishment. **Brink**: The edge or verge of something, often a dangerous situation. **Stampede**: A sudden rush of people or animals, often caused by panic. **Rhetorically**: In a way that is intended to persuade or impress, often without expecting an answer. **Leverage**: The use of something to gain an advantage. **Suffice**: To be enough or adequate. **Adjunct**: Something added to something else as a supplementary part. **Assuage**: To make an unpleasant feeling less intense. **Malicious**: Intending or intended to do harm. **Robust**: Strong and healthy. **Vulnerable**: Exposed to the possibility of being harmed. **Undergird**: To support or strengthen. **Cassandra**: A person who predicts bad events, often ignored. **Tamper**: To interfere with something in a harmful or unauthorized way. **Minuscule**: Extremely small. **Trivial**: Of little value or importance. **Subaltern**: A subordinate or lower-ranking person. **Pivot**: The central point or aspect of something. **Strident**: Loud, harsh, and forceful. **Vie**: To compete eagerly for something. **Wayward**: Difficult to control or predict. **Impending**: About to happen. **Elephant in the room**: An obvious problem or issue that is being ignored. **Pessimistic**: Having a negative outlook on the future. **Augur**: To predict a good or bad outcome. **Dampen**: To make something less intense or enthusiastic. **Revelation**: A surprising or previously unknown fact. **Naysayer**: A person who opposes or criticizes. **Substantial**: Of considerable importance or size. **Launder**: To clean, or in a figurative sense, to process illegally obtained money. **Quid pro quo**: A favor or advantage given in return for something. **Emphatic**: Expressing something forcibly and clearly. **Apprehension**: Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen. **Lion\'s share**: The largest portion of something. **Laud**: To praise highly. **Opaque**: Not transparent or hard to understand. **Dubious**: Doubtful or suspect. **Surveillance**: Close observation, especially of a suspected person. **Snuggle**: To settle or move into a warm, comfortable position. **Ubiquitous**: Present, appearing, or found everywhere. **Handwringing**: Excessive display of concern or distress. **Anticipation**: Expectation or prediction. **Antipathy**: A strong feeling of dislike. **Outrage**: A strong reaction of anger or shock. **Supersede**: To replace something with something better. **Rarefied**: Elevated or esoteric in nature. **Prescient**: Having knowledge of events before they happen. **Transcend**: To go beyond the limits of something. **Chasm**: A deep gap or division. **Specter**: A ghost or a looming threat. **Diminution**: A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. **Pervasive**: Spread throughout an area or group. **Wolf down**: To eat something quickly and greedily. **Lucrative**: Producing a great deal of profit. **Bogus**: Fake or fraudulent. **Magnanimity**: Generosity, especially toward a rival or less powerful person. **Dog in a manger**: Someone who prevents others from enjoying something without using it themselves. **Vengeance**: Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or wrong. **Avenge**: To inflict harm in return for a wrong done to oneself or another. **Deleterious**: Harmful or damaging. **Discursive**: Rambling or digressing from the main subject. **Averse**: Having a strong dislike or opposition. **Satiety**: The state of being satisfied, usually in terms of hunger. **Antithesis**: A direct contrast or opposition. 118. **Pedagogic**: Related to teaching or education. 119. **Ossified**: Hardened like bone; rigid or inflexible in attitude or belief. 120. **Metamorphose**: To change completely in form or nature. 121. **Obsolete**: No longer in use; out of date. 122. **Imperative**: Of vital importance; crucial. 123. **Impending**: About to happen; imminent. 124. **Quiver**: To tremble or shake. 125. **Rumble**: A deep, resonant sound, like distant thunder. 126. **Gloat**: To dwell on one's own success or another\'s misfortune with smugness. 127. **Abject**: Extremely bad or degrading; without pride or dignity. 128. **Reprimand**: To rebuke or scold someone officially or sharply. 129. **Trivialize**: To make something seem less important or significant than it is. 130. **Nuance**: A subtle difference in meaning, expression, or sound. 131. **Incentive**: Something that motivates or encourages someone to do something. 132. **Stark**: Severe or bare in appearance; sharply clear. 133. **Prime facie**: Based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise. 134. **Prorogue**: To discontinue a session of a parliament or legislative assembly without dissolving it. 135. **Endorsement**: An act of giving one\'s public approval or support to something or someone. 136. **Indomitable**: Impossible to subdue or defeat. 137. **Abode**: A place of residence; a house or home. 138. **Enunciate**: To say or pronounce clearly. 139. **Hindsight**: Understanding of a situation or event after it has happened. 140. **Relent**: To become less severe, harsh, or strict. 141. **Flout**: To openly disregard a rule, law, or convention. 142. **Wantonly**: Deliberately and without provocation; recklessly. 143. **Gloom**: Partial or total darkness; a state of depression. 144. **Fury**: Intense, violent anger. 145. **Obstinacy**: Stubbornness or an unwillingness to change. 146. **Forthwith**: Immediately; without delay. 147. **Discontented**: Dissatisfied, especially with one\'s circumstances. 148. **Supplicate**: To ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. 149. **Elation**: Great happiness or exhilaration. 150. **Bafflement**: A state of confusion or bewilderment. 151. **Spare**: To refrain from harming or distressing. 152. **Flare**: To burn or shine with a sudden intensity. 153. **Suppurate**: To undergo the formation of pus; to fester. 154. **Conceit**: Excessive pride in oneself. 155. **Employ**: To make use of something or to hire someone. 156. **Callousness**: Insensitive and cruel disregard for others. 157. **Erstwhile**: Former or in the past. 158. **Frown**: To furrow one\'s brow in displeasure or concentration. 159. **Impoverished**: Poor or deprived of strength or vitality. 160. **Obsequious**: Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree. 161. **Exhilaration**: A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation. 162. **Poignant**: Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. 163. **Felony**: A serious crime, typically one involving violence. 164. **Divulge**: To make known private or sensitive information. 165. **Emancipatory**: Intended to free someone from legal, social, or political restrictions. 166. **Fixated**: Obsessively focused on something. 167. **Dissipated**: Overindulging in sensual pleasures; squandered. 168. **Profuse**: Abundant; in large amounts. 169. **Embattled**: Engaged in or beset by conflict or difficulty. 170. **Sneer**: To smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner. 171. **Prowess**: Exceptional skill or bravery, especially in battle or action. 172. **Concordant**: In agreement or harmony. 173. **Ladle**: A large, deep spoon used for serving liquids. 174. **Pragmatic**: Dealing with things sensibly and realistically, based on practical considerations. 175. **Laureate**: A person who is honored with an award for outstanding achievement. 176. **Junta**: A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force. 177. **Forlorn**: Pitifully sad, abandoned, or lonely. 178. **Meted**: Dispensed or allotted justice, punishment, or treatment. 179. **Abate**: To become less intense or widespread. 180. **Fare**: The money paid for a journey; how something performs. 181. **Spiraling**: Moving in a continuous curve that circles around a central point. 182. **Utter**: Complete or absolute; to say or express. 183. **Ebullient**: Cheerful and full of energy. 184. **Insipid**: Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest. 185. **Ply**: To work steadily at or to provide someone with something. 186. **Subtle**: Delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe. 187. **Edgeable-lot**: No clear definition (likely a typo or incorrect term). 188. **Abase**: To lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem. 189. **Abbreviate**: To shorten a word, phrase, or text. 190. **Abdicate**: To renounce or give up a position of power. 191. **Aberration**: A departure from what is normal or expected, usually unwelcome. 192. **Abet**: To assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing. 193. **Abhor**: To regard with disgust and hatred. 194. **Abide**: To accept or act in accordance with a rule or decision. 195. **Ablution**: The act of washing oneself, especially for ritual purposes. 196. **Abridgement**: A shortened version of a larger work. 197. **Abscond**: To leave hurriedly and secretly to avoid detection or arrest. 198. **Abstruse**: Difficult to understand; obscure. 199. **Abyss**: A deep, seemingly bottomless chasm. 200. **Accede**: To agree to a demand or request. 201. **Accolade**: An award or expression of praise. 202. **Accost**: To approach and address someone boldly or aggressively. 203. **Accredit**: To officially recognize or give authority to. 204. **Accomplice**: A person who helps another commit a crime. 205. **Acrid**: Having a strong, unpleasant taste or smell. 206. **Acrimony**: Bitterness or ill feeling. 207. **Acumen**: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions. 208. **Adage**: A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. 209. **Adamant**: Refusing to be persuaded or change one\'s mind. 210. **Addle**: To confuse or muddle. 211. **Adduce**: To cite as evidence. 212. **Adjudicate**: To make a formal judgment or decision about a problem. 213. **Admonish**: To warn or reprimand someone firmly. 214. **Admonitory**: Giving or conveying a warning or reprimand. 215. **Ado**: Trouble or difficulty; fuss. 216. **Adroit**: Skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind. 217. **Aeon**: An indefinite and very long period of time. 218. **Affable**: Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to. 219. **Affinity**: A natural liking for or connection to something or someone. 220. **Agape**: Wide open, especially with surprise or wonder. 221. **Aggravate**: To make a problem or situation worse. 222. **Agile**: Able to move quickly and easily. 223. **Agog**: Very eager or curious to hear or see something. 224. **Ail**: To suffer from illness or discomfort. 225. **Alacrity**: Brisk and cheerful readiness. 226. **Alcove**: A small recessed section of a room. 227. **Alienate**: To make someone feel isolated or estranged. 228. **Allay**: To reduce or diminish fear, suspicion, or worry. 229. **Allegiance**: Loyalty or commitment to a group or cause. 230. **Alleviate**: To make suffering or a problem less severe. 231. **Aloof**: Distant, uninvolved, or uninterested. 232. **Amalgamate**: To combine or unite to form one organization or structure. 233. **Ambient**: Relating to the surrounding environment. 234. **Amble**: To walk slowly or leisurely. 235. **Amnesia**: A partial or total loss of memory. 236. **Amorphous**: Lacking a clear structure or form. 237. **Anarchy**: A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. 238. **Anathema**: Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes. 239. **Ancillary**: Providing necessary support to the primary activities. 240. **Anecdote**: A short, amusing, or interesting story about a real incident or person. 241. **Anguish**: Severe mental or physical pain or suffering. 242. **Annals**: A record of events, especially a yearly record. 243. **Annihilate**: To destroy completely. 244. **Annotate**: To add notes or comments to a text. 245. **Annul**: To declare invalid, especially a legal decision or contract. 246. ï‚· **Annuity**: A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life. 247. ï‚· **Anomaly**: Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. 248. ï‚· **Anon**: Soon; shortly. 249. ï‚· **Apiary**: A place where bees are kept, especially a collection of hives or colonies of bees. 250. ï‚· **Appease**: To pacify or placate someone by acceding to their demands. 251. ï‚· **Appraise**: To assess the value or quality of something. 252. ï‚· **Arcade**: A covered passageway with arches along one or both sides. 253. ï‚· **Arcane**: Understood by few; mysterious or secret. 254. ï‚· **Archaic**: Very old or old-fashioned. 255. ï‚· **Articulate**: Having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. 256. ï‚· **Asterisk**: A symbol (\*) used to mark printed or written text, typically as a reference to a footnote. 257. ï‚· **Atonement**: Reparation for a wrong or injury. 258. ï‚· **Attune**: To bring into harmony or make aware. 259. ï‚· **Impudent**: Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. 260. ï‚· **August**: Respected and impressive. 261. ï‚· **Austere**: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance. 262. ï‚· **Aver**: To state or assert to be the case. 263. ï‚· **Avid**: Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something. 264. ï‚· **Avow**: To assert or confess openly

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