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| alias | an assumed name, otherwise called, pseudonym |
| amble | to walk slowly, stroll, saunter, ramble |
| burly | big and strong, muscular, strapping, hefty, beefy |
| distort | to give a false or misleading account of, to twist out of shape, disfigure, falsify |
| dogged | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up, untiring |
| dumbfounded | so amazed that one is unable to speak, bewildered, speechless, stunned, flabbergasted |
| extinct | no longer in existence, no longer active, gone out of use, died out, vanished |
| fossil | the petrified remains or traces of an animal or plant that lived in the past, an extremely old-fashioned person or thing, relic |
| grit | very fine sand or gravel, courage in the face of hardship or danger, to grind, dirt, mettle |
| inevitable | sure to happen, unavoidable, inescapable, fated |
| ingrained | fixed deeply and firmly, working into the grain or fiber, forming a part of the inmost being, deep-seated, deep-rooted, indelible |
| meteoric | resembling a meteor in speed, having sudden and temporary brilliance similar to a meteor's, brilliant, blazing |
| parody | a humorous or ridiculous imitation, to make fun of something by imitating it, satire, lampoon |
| prevail | to triumph over, to succeed, to exist widely, be in general use, to get someone to do something by urging, win, rule, reign, overcome, conquer |
| rend | to tear to pieces, split violently apart, cleave, dismember, splinter |
| replenish | to fill again, make good, replace, restock, restore |
| rummage | to search through, investigate the contents of, an active search, a collection of odd items, delve into, sift through |
| skimp | to save, be thrifty, to be extremely sparing with, to give little attention or effort to, be stingy, scrimp, cut corners |
| sleuth | a detective, investigator |
| vandalism | deliberate and pointless destruction of public or private property, malicious defacement |
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