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Histrionics
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melodramatic behavior to attract attention

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Histrionics
Melodramatic behavior to attract attention
Prevarication
Someone who lies
Martinet
Strict disciplinarian
Tapestry
Intricate or complex
Populace
People living in an area, town etc.
Dissembler
Conceals his true opinions, not true to what he feels
Dissimilitude
Dissimilar
Hackneyed
Trite (lacks originality)
Cosmopolitan
Many people from different countries
Polyglot
Speaks or knows a lot of languages
Labyrinthine
Irregular or confusing
Terese
Abrupt
Pithy
Expressing an idea in few words
Aphorism
A pithy observation that contains a general truth ( a short saying)
Ignominy
Public shame or disgrace
Forsake
To leave
Garbled
Not clear; very difficult to understand
Haltingly
In a nervous way, stopping often while you are saying or doing something
Ceaseless
Without stopping, no end
Cogently
In a way that is clearly expressed and is likely to persuade people
Bucolic
Relating to countryside
Menace
Something that is likely to cause harm
Palpable
So obvious that it can easily be seen or known
Coax
To persuade someone
Adroitly
Skillful
Underbelly
Weakest or unpleasant part of something
Roiling
To move quickly in a twisting circular movement
Subsume
To include someone
Postering
To make people believe something that is not true
Munificent
Very generous with money
Tepid
Not very warm
Substantial
Large in size, value
Reverential
Full of respect and admiration
Persistent
Lasting for a long time
Tantamount
Being almost the same or having the same effect
Heresay
An opinion that is opposite of or against the official or popular opinion (not following tradition in a strong way that you get punished for it)
Eccentric
Strange or unusual (behaving differently than what is expected)
Reversion
Change back to a previous condition
Vanquished
To defeat an enemy in a war
Lionized
Give a lot of public attention, treat as a celebrity
Ostracized
To avoid someone intentionally or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group
Deride
To laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value
Hindsight
The ability to understand a situation only after it has happened.
Pauper
A very poor person
Curmudgeon
An old person who is often in a bad mood (grumpy).
Steadfast
Not changing quickly
Roundabout
Not direct
Unseemly
Not proper or appropriate
Perfunctory
Done quickly, without taking care or interest
Pointed
Intending criticism
Polemical
Strongly attacking or defending a particular opinion
Enumerate
To list out things
Ineptitude
The fact of not being skilled or effective
Contingent upon
Dependent on something else
Peripheral
Not central or of main importance
Coterminous
Joining or connecting
Spate
An unusually large number of events that happen suddenly and at about the same time.
Unprecedented
Never happened in the past