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| augur | a seer or profit; soothsayer; one who predicts signs and omens |
| blight | plant disease that results in sudden dying of leaves or entire plant; to decline or decay |
| cavort | to prance or bound about in a sprightly nammer; to caper; to make merry; to sport; to frolic |
| concoct | to prepare by mixing ingredients as in cookery; to invent or devise, as in concoct a mystery story |
| dais | a raised platform |
| demure | reserved in manner or behavior; sedate, modest, shy |
| discern | to perceive something obscure or concealed; detect, to make distinctions |
| entrepreneur | a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the rish for business ventures |
| flux | a continued flow or flood; to become fluid |
| harangue | a long, forceful speech, especially one delivered before a gathering |
| incessant | continuing without rest or interruption; unceasing, continual |
| infallible | incapable of failing or making an error |
| insidious | treacherous; harmful but enticing; awaiting a chance to entrap |
| luminious | emitting light; illuminated |
| nonchalant | appearing casually unconcerned; indifferent |
| palpable | capable of being handled; touched or felt; tangible |
| perennial | lasting through many years; appearing again and again; continually recurring |
| pliable | easily bent or shaped; flexible |
| prima donna | the leading female soloist in an opera company |
| rectify | to set right; to correct |
| sacrilege | to misuse, theft, desecration or profanation of anything regarded as sacred |
| serendipidity | finding fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accidents |
| superficial | of, affecting, or being on or near the surface, as in a superficial wound; shallow |
| throng | a large group of people crowded closer together; a multitude |
| vigil | a watch kept during normal sleeping hours |
