1 - audacious (adj): showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
2 - ennui (noun): a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
3 - daguerreotype (noun): the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography, used from 1839-1860 [ex = Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln]
4 - excoriate (verb): censure or criticize severely, OR [medical] damage/remove part of the surface of the skin
5 - ebullient (adj): cheerful and full of energy
6 - edifying (adj): providing moral or intellectual instruction
7 - tautology (noun): the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style
8 - mien (noun): a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood
9 - glib (adj): [of words or the person speaking them] fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow
10 - voluble (adj): characterized by ready or rapid speech; talking a lot in an energetic and rapid way
11 - gallimaufry (noun): a confused jumble or medley of things
12 - dolorous (adj): feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress
13 - tenuous (adj): very weak or slight
14 - replete (adj): filled or well-supplied with something
15 - sycophant (noun): a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage
16 - obsequious (adj): obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
17 - unctuous (adj): [of a person] excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily
18 - malaise (noun): a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify
19 - commiserate (v): express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize
20 - kerfuffle (noun): a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views
21 - mirthless (adj): [of a smile or laugh] lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony
22 - straitened (adj): characterized by poverty
23 - fastidious (adj): very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, very concerned about matters of cleanliness
24 - exculpatory (adj): something that frees one from accusations
25 - nonpareil (noun): an unrivaled or matchless person or thing
26 - paucity (noun): the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity
27 - limpet (noun): a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, found clinging tightly to rocks; used in comparison to people and things that cling tightly
28 - putative (adj): generally considered or reputed to be
29 - honeypot (noun): an enticing source of pleasure or reward; a place to which many people are attracted
30 - garrulous (adj): excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
31 - reticent (adj): not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
32 - lugubrious (adj): looking or sounding sad or dismal (especially in an affected, exaggerated or unrelieved manner)
33 - ribald (adj): referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
34 - irreverent (adj): showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
35 - moonlight (v): have a second job in addition to one's employment [to "moonlight as" something else]
36 - quixotic (adj): exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
37 - mercurial (adj): [of a person] subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
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40 -1 - audacious (adj): showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks 2 - ennui (noun): a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement 3 - daguerreotype (noun): the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography, used from 1839-1860 [ex = Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln] 4 - excoriate (verb): censure or criticize severely, OR [medical] damage/remove part of the surface of the skin 5 - ebullient (adj): cheerful and full of energy 6 - edifying (adj): providing moral or intellectual instruction 7 - tautology (noun): the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style 8 - mien (noun): a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood 9 - glib (adj): [of words or the person speaking them] fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow 10 - voluble (adj): characterized by ready or rapid speech; talking a lot in an energetic and rapid way 11 - gallimaufry (noun): a confused jumble or medley of things 12 - dolorous (adj): feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress 13 - tenuous (adj): very weak or slight 14 - replete (adj): filled or well-supplied with something 15 - sycophant (noun): a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage 16 - obsequious (adj): obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree 17 - unctuous (adj): [of a person] excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily 18 - malaise (noun): a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify 19 - commiserate (v): express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize 20 - kerfuffle (noun): a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views 21 - mirthless (adj): [of a smile or laugh] lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony 22 - straitened (adj): characterized by poverty 23 - fastidious (adj): very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, very concerned about matters of cleanliness 24 - exculpatory (adj): something that frees one from accusations 25 - nonpareil (noun): an unrivaled or matchless person or thing 26 - paucity (noun): the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity 27 - limpet (noun): a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, found clinging tightly to rocks; used in comparison to people and things that cling tightly 28 - putative (adj): generally considered or reputed to be 29 - honeypot (noun): an enticing source of pleasure or reward; a place to which many people are attracted 30 - garrulous (adj): excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters 31 - reticent (adj): not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily 32 - lugubrious (adj): looking or sounding sad or dismal (especially in an affected, exaggerated or unrelieved manner) 33 - ribald (adj): referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way 34 - irreverent (adj): showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously 35 - moonlight (v): have a second job in addition to one's employment [to "moonlight as" something else] 36 - quixotic (adj): exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical 37 - mercurial (adj): [of a person] subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind 38 - 39 - 40 -

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