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| prowess | distinguished bravery; expecially: military valor and skill; extraordinary ability |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| bona fide | made in good faith without fraud or deceit; neither specious nor counterfieit |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush; to completely cuppress; silence |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful ; clever; done with dexterity; artful |
| vestibule | a passage, hall or room between the outer door and the interior of a building |
| revamp | remake, revise, renovate, reconstruct |
| peevish | fretful in temperament or mood; perversely obstinate; marked by ill temper |
| coup | overturn, upset |
| purge | to clear of guilt; to make free of something unwanted |
| sprightly | marked by a happy lightness and vivacity; spirited |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply; a succession or interchange of clever retorts |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| sophisticated | to be worldly wise; to make complicated or complex |
| preface | the introductory remarks of a speaker or author; approach, prelimanary |
| adapt | to make fit often by modification |
| naive | marked by unaffected simplicity; deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment |
| relic | an object held in high regard because of association with a saint or martyr; a survivor or remnant left after decay; a trace of some past or outmoded practice |
| transfix | to peirce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; to hold motionless by or as if by piercing |
| authentic | made or done the same way as an original; not false or imitation |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being magnificent |
| spurn | to reject something disdainfully |
| versatile | changing or fluctuating easily; turning with ease from one thing to another |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance |
