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Ebullience
Boiling over, overflow, exhilaration
Bemuse
To confuse, muddle, or stupefy (someone)
Gambit
A maneuver to gain a advantage
Declaim
To speak or write for effect only
Nemesis
An act of retribution, a rival one cannot best
Copacetic
Slang, completely satisfactory
Ontology
Branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being
Discursive
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another
Insouciant
Free from concern, without anxiety, carefree
Infrastructure
The basic underlying framework or features of a system
Parsimonious
Sparing or frugal esp. to excess
Verbose
Expressed in or characterized by the use of many or too many words, wordy
Portentous
Ominously significant or indicative, over inflated, pompous
Privy
Participating in private or secret knowledge, private
Marginal
Situated on the border, almost insufficient
Symbology
The study or use of symbols
Tabula rasa
A mind not yet affected by experiences impressions, etc.
Enervate
To deprive of nerve, force or strength, to weaken or destroy the vigor of
Queue
A braid of hair worn hanging down behind, a waiting line
Concupiscent
Lustful or sensual, eagerly desirous
Pillage
To strip of money or goods by open violence as in war, to take booty
Gormless
(British) witless, senseless, stupid
Vivify
To animate, quicken, enliven, brighten
Placebo
A substance having no pharmacological effect administered as medicine