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impervious
[im-pur-vee-uhs]
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

diffidence
[dif-i-duhns]
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

avaricious
[av-uh-rish-uhs]
characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous

prevaricate
[pri-var-i-keyt]
speak or act in an evasive way

libertine
[lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin]
a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

lugubrious
[loo-goo-bree-uhs]
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

prate
[preyt]
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

acumen
[uh-kyoo-muhn]
keen insight; shrewdness

synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

cerulean
[suh-roo-lee-uhn]
deep blue; sky blue; azure

imbricate
[im-bri-keyt]
overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof

comely
[kuhm-lee]
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

prosaic
[proh-zey-ik]
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

standoffish
[stand-aw-fish]
somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly

hegira
[hi-jahy-ruh]
any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

threnody
[thren-uh-dee]
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song