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yeoman

[yoh-muhn]

performed in a workmanlike, valiant, and useful manner, especially in situations involving a great deal of effort

condign

[kuhn-dahyn]

well-deserved; fitting; adequate

skedaddle

[ski-dad-ld]

to run away hurriedly; flee

insidious

[in-sid-ee-uhs]

intended to entrap or beguile

grandiloquent

[gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt]

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic

prevaricate

[pri-var-i-keyt]

speak or act in an evasive way

ebullient

[ih-buhl-yuhnt]

overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited

philanthropic

[fil-uhn-throp-ik]

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

salubrious

[suh-loo-bree-uhs]

favorable to or promoting health; healthful

rapscallion

[rap-skal-yuhn]

a rascal; rogue; scamp

subjugate

[suhb-juh-geyt]

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master

tenacious

[tuh-ney-shuhs]

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

calumniate

[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt]

to make false and malicious statements about; slander

insouciance

[in-soo-see-uhns]

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

toplofty

[top-lawf-tee, -lof-]

condescending; haughty

arabesque

[ar-uh-besk]

fine arts; a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif

propitious

[pruh-pish-uhs]

presenting favorable conditions; favorable

quintessence

[kwin-tes-uhns]

the pure and concentrated essence of a substance

solstice

[sol-stis]

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

beamish

[bee-mish]

beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation

pulchritude

[puhl-kri-tood]

physical beauty; comeliness

purl

[purl]

knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch

expatiate

[ik-spey-shee-eyt]

to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion

oblique

[oh-bleek]

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping