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insalubrious | unfavorable to health; unwholesome |
physiognomy | the art of judging human character from facial features, or facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character |
vicissitude | a change or variation occurring in the course of something |
sagacious | having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
Gesticulation | the act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments. |
chagrin | a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation |
impish | mischievous |
palanquin | a passenger conveyance, usually for on person, consisting of a coverd or boxlike litter carried by means of poles resting on the shoulders of several men |
ideograph/ideogram | a character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expessing the pronunciation of a particular work or words for it, |
subversive | tending to subvert or advocating subersion, or an attempt to overthrow or caust the destruction of an established or legally constitued government. |
dexterity | skill or adroitness in using the hands or body |
temperate | moderate or self-restrained, not extreme in opinion, statement |
abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating and drinking, temperate in diet |
unexpurgated | not having material deleted |
scourge | a. whip or lash for the infliction of punishment or torture b. A person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism C. a cause of affliction or calamity |
lexicon | a dictionary, or a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style (vocabulary) |
cloying | overly sweet |
stalwart | having or marked by imposing physical strength b. firm and resolute; stout |
Placard | a paperboard sign or notice as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrater |
explicate | to make clear the meaning of |