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Obfuscate
deliberately making something difficult to understand
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Blithe
free-spirited; carefree
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Crepuscular
active at dawn and dusk
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Abstruse
difficult to understand; obscure
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Envenom
to cause bitterness and bad feeling
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Laconic
using few words; brief and to the point
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Oblique
indirect; slanting
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Plumage
feathers of a bird
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Resignation
acceptance of fate
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Acquiesce
to give in to; to agree to
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Bombast
arrogant; pompous language
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Epicure
someone who appreciates good food and drink
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Tenuous
flimsy; not solid
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Cynical
believing that people only act out of selfish motives.
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Epistle
a letter (form of communication)
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Heresy
against orthodox opinion
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Lance
spear; spike; javelin
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Poignant
deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
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Terse
concise; to the point
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Acrophobia
fear of heights
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Bourgeois
middle class; materialistic values
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Debility
weakness; incapacity
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Resplendent
shining; glowing
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