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aberrant

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

abide

To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

bravado

A swaggering show of defiance or courage.

callow

A callow young bird.

capitulate

To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.

cogitate

To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

deportment

Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.

extemporize

To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.

factious

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.

fallow

Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

feint

A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.

flagrant

Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

gratuitous

Given freely; unearned.

grovel

To be prone on the ground.

indecorous

Improper, immodest or indecent

intrigue

A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

nominal

(grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.

obdurate

To harden; to obdure.

obstreperous

Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.

odious

Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

plucky

Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.

precocious

Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.

remuneration

Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.

slovenly

Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.

soliloquy

The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

spurn

An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.

stolid

Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; dully or heavily stupid.

temerity

Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.

tenuous

Thin in substance or consistency.

verve

Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing