Abeyance - A state of temporary disuse or suspension
Ambivalent - Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Beleaguer - Beset with difficulties
Carte blanche - Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best
Cataclysm - A sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context
Debauch - Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt
Eclat - Brilliant or conspicuous success
Fastidious - Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
Gambol - Run or jump about playfully
Imbue - Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
Inchoate - Just begun and so not fully formed or developed
Lampoon - Publicly criticize bu using ridicule or sarcasm
Malleable - easily influenced; pliable
Nemesis - The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall
Opt - make a choice from a range of possibilities
Philistine - A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
Picaresque - Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero
Queasy - Nauseated; feeling sick
Refractory - Stubborn or unmanageable
Savoir-faire - The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations
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