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1. altruistic: unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

2. amalgam: a mixture or combination

3. austerity: severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness

4. bourgeois: a member of the middle class

5. contrite: caused by or showing sincere remorse

6. contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

7. egress: the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place

8. enigmatic: perplexing; mysterious

9. fording: a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading

10. garrulous: excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters

11. ideologue: a person who zealously advocates an ideology

12. indolently: having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

13. itinerant: traveling from place to place

14. mawkish: characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin

15. plebeian: belonging or pertaining to the common people

16. primordial: constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original

17. sere: dry; withered

18. anachronistic: an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:

19. conjecture: an inference based on guesswork

20. ephemeral: short; fleeting; evanescent

21. equanimity: mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium

22. eremitic: a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow

23. fulminate: to explode with a loud noise; detonate OR to denounce

24. harangues: a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe

25. histrionic: deliberately affected or self consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech

26. indelible: making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like

27. indigent:...

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