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Bloviate
1. To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner

Replete
1. Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle
2. Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference
3. Established by a court or judge rather than by a specific law or statute
4. Not limited by law

Ensconce
1. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
2. To place or conceal in a secure place

Ominous
1. Menacing, threatening
2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one

Denigrate
1. To attack the character or reputation of, speak ill of, defame
2. To disparage, belittle

Languorous
1. Lack of physical or mental energy
2. A dreamy, lazy mood or quality
3. Oppressive quiet or stillness

Obstinate
1. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action usually with unreasonableness; persistent
2. Difficult to manage, control, or subdue
3. Difficult to alleviate or cure

Insouciant
1. Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant, carefree or light-hearted

Dolorous
1. Solemnly or ponderously sad

Petulant
1. Unreasonably irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way
2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

Circumlocution
1. A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea
2. A roundabout expression

Assuage
1. To make milder or less severe
2. To appease, satisfy
3. To soothe, calm, or mollify

Inordinate
1. Not within proper or reasonable limits
2. Unrestrained in conduct, feelings
3. Disorderly, uncontrolled
4. Not regulated, irregular

Enmity
1. A feeling or condition of hostility or hatred

Presentiment
1. A feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp’ something evil; foreboding.

Indolent
1. Habitually lazy, procrastinating or resistant to physical labour
2. Something inducing laziness

Lugubrious
1. Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially in an exaggerated degree

Inexorable
1. Unable to be persuaded; relentless
2. Impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable
3. Adamant

Perfunctory
1. Perfomed routinely with little care

Truculently
1. With aggression; savagely

Confabulate
1. to talk casually; chat
2. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one’s memory

Gall
1. to annoy or irritate
2. something that causes annoyance or anger
3. a feeling of bitterness or resentment
4. impudent, boldness

Languid
1. lacking vigour and energy
2. moving slowly

Disdain
1. extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody
2. to regard somebody or something as not worthy of respect

Admonish
1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something
2. to reprove gently but earnestly
3. to remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility