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abeyance suspension or temporary inaction
Altercation noisy, heated, angry dispute
Archipelago A group of islands
brevity shortness of duration; expressed in few words; concise
Chicanery Deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
Crony A clsoe friend esp. of long standing
divergence going away in different directions; deviation
Fetish An object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion
Harbinger Something that foreshadows what is to come
improvisation the act of composing, reciting, etc., without any preparation; using whatever is at hand
kilter proper or working order
malice an intention or desire to injure another
Myriad An immense number
Orbit A path described by one body in its revolution around another
Perturbation A disturbance of the regular course of a thing
quidnunc one who seeks to know all that is going on; a busybody
Repugnance the state of feeling aversion or resistance; anti-pathy
sophism a false argument intentionally used to deceive
Travail strenuous physical or mental labor; anguish or pain
Vertigo a feeling of whirling around; dizziness