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abraded	scraped
amiable	friendly
appaling	horrifying
askew	crooked
assent	agreement
avaricious	greedy
axminister	a type of rug
balmy	gentle
bedlam	uproar
brochure	pamphlet
cameo	carved gem
castes	groups
centime	french penny
chandelier	lighting fixture
craven	cowardly
decisive	definite
derisive	mocking
disdain	scorn
dispiriting	discouraging
disposed	to make someone willing
disputing	contradicting
doting	lavishly fond
dubiously	doubtfully
exasperated	extremely annoyed
excursion	trip
flippant	impertinent
frivolous	playful
futility	uselessness
genitility	good manners
grimace	expression of disgust
grossly	totally
herr	german equivalent of mister
homage	honor
inaudible	can't be heard
indignant	angry
indignity	disgrace
ineffectual	weak
insolent	disrespectful
incredulous	unbelieving
literally	actually
methodical	orderly
meticulous	carefully detailed
multitudinous	very numerous
naive	childlike
notorious	widely
patrons	customers
pessimist	expects the worst
placidly	calmly
precipice	cliff
primed	set for use
profuse	generous
prosaic	commonplace
prostrated	laid low
pulsating	throbbing
rancid	spoiled
relevant	appropriate
retorted	replied
ruck	great mass
sedentary	settled
shirk	evading duty
sinuous	winding
sisyphus	a giant in mythology that was condemned to roll abouled up a hill with it constantly slipping
skeptical	doubtful
stanchest	most firm, loyal
subdued	soft
sublimity	magnificence
suppleness	flexibility
swaggering	strutting
timorous	timid
traipsing	walking
uncanny	wierd
uniform	unchanging
unprovoked	without reason
vex	distress
wanton	wild
wistfully	sadly and longingly
sepulchre	tomb
dissever	to seperate or disjoin
macabre	gory dwelling on the gruesome
cask	a keg or barrel which holds liquid
amontillado	a type of dry wine
gait	the manner in which one walks
fettered	chained or strapped
catacombs	underground walkways where the dead are often buried
palazzo	Italian home or estate
citation	a summons to court
niche	open spot
ebony	black
quibble	make small objections
debacle	disaster
agility	quickness
mirage	false vision
mazes	networks of paths
palpable	felt by the senses
sector	area
palatial	magnificent
doleful	sad
torso	trunk
extortion	theft
perception	awareness

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