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| sedentary | (adjective) characterized by or requiring sitting or slight activity. |
| Pavlovian | (adjective) of or relating to the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov or to his work and experiments. |
| cumbersome | (adjective) of an excessive size, shape, or length : unwieldy. |
| histrionics | (plural noun) staged or stagy conduct or exhibition of temperament usually intended to produce some particular effect or response in others. |
| gustatory | (adjective) of, relating to, affecting, or associated with the sense of taste. |
| perceived | (verb) became aware of through the senses. |
| illustrious | (adjective) notably or brilliantly outstanding. |
| quadrillion | (noun) one followed by 15 zeros, or ten to the 15th power. |
| anticipatory | (adjective) characterized by the act of looking forward. |
| abstruse | (adjective) difficult to comprehend or understand. |
| chancellor | (noun) the chief minister of state in any of certain European countries who is charged with responsibilities corresponding to those of a prime minister. |
| recoup | (verb) to compensate (as oneself) for something (as expenses, losses). |
| Herculean | (adjective) of extraordinary might or tremendous difficulty. |
| ombudsman | (noun) a government official appointed to receive and investigate complaints made by individuals against abuses or capricious acts of public officials. |
| porosity | (noun) the quality or state of being capable of absorbing moisture. |
| dodecahedron | (noun) a solid having 12 plane faces. |
| injurious | (adjective) inflicting or tending to inflict damage : hurtful, harmful, detrimental. |
| prognosticate | (verb) to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict, prophesy. |
| complacency | (noun) satisfaction or self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. |
| omnibus | (adjective) of, relating to, or providing for many things or classes at once : containing or including many items. |
