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Chagrin
Humiliation; embarrassed disapponintment
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Deride
To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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Emigrate
To leave a country permanently
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Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
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Gregarious
Sociable; enjoying the company of others
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Hypothetical
Uncertain; unproven
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Imperial
Like an emperor or an empire
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Bucolic
Charmingly rural; rustic; country-like
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Didactic
Intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic
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Extrapolate
To project or deduce from something known; to infer
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Guile
Cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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Impervious
Not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
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Impugn
To attack; especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
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Ardent
Passionate; enthusiastic
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Diffident
Timid; lacking in self-confidence
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Gauche
Unskillful; awkward; maladroit
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Illicit
Illegal; not permitted
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Largess
Generous giving of gifts; generosity; philanthropy
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Bereaved
Deprived or left desolate; especially through death
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Latent
Present but not visible or apparent; potential
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Loquacious
Talking a lot or too much
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Burgeon
To expand; to flourish
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Finesse
Skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
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Lucid
Clear; easy to understand
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Dilettante
Someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
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Chicanery
Trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
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Culpable
Deserving blame; Guilty
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Hegemony
Leadership, especially in one nation over another
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