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| amiable | friendly; agreeable; pleasant adj. |
| anthropology | the study of the physical, cultural, and social development and behavior of human cultures n. |
| bayou | a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake n |
| apprehensive | uneasy; afraid or anxious about the future adj. |
| callous | unfeeling; insensitive adj. |
| commendable | praiseworthy; deserving approval adj. |
| indignant | angered by the unfairness or meanness of something adj. |
| grimace | to make a face showing pain, annoyance, and the like v. ; a twisting of the face to show pain, annoyance, or the like n |
| indomitable | unconquerable; unyielding adj. |
| ineffectual | unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate adj. |
| whimsical | full of curious ideas or notions; odd; fanciful adj. |
| verbatim | in the exact words adv. ; following the original word for word adj. |
| visage | a face or facial expression; appearance n |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something inanimate is given human qualities n |
| succumb | to die; to yield or to give in to an overpowering force v |
| paraphrase | to state a meaning in other words v. ; a rewording of the meaning of a text n |
| mystic | mysterious adj. ; a person who believes truth can best be known through spiritual insight n |
| malleable | capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing; adaptive; having the capacity to be changed easily adj. |
| judicious | showing good judgment; wise and careful; prudent adj. |
| melodramatic | overly dramatic, emotional, or sentimental adj. |
