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• mar to damage, ruin, deface
• wistful full of wishful yearning or longing, often with sadness
• supercilious having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; cocky
• compulsion a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one's will
• deft quick and skillful
• contemptuous showing or feeling disapproval or disdain toward something a person considers mean, vile, or worthless; scornful
• infinitesimal immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity
• cynical distrusting, criticizing, or mocking the motives of others; pessimistic; glass is half empty mentality
• solemn formal; serious; sober; lacking humor or happiness
• anemic weak; lacking power, vigor, vitality; wishy-washy **the spelling has changed since Fitzgerald’s time
• vitality liveliness; energy (physical and/or mental); spirit; vigor
• discreet marked by caution, prudence, or modesty and wise self-restraint; subtle
• defer to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion to another [usually followed by “to”; ex: Because she is an accountant, I defer to my mom on questions regarding my taxes.]
• incessant never-ending; ceaseless
• hauteur/haughty pride, arrogance; cockiness adj. – cocky, snobby
• strident loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
• permeate to fill up, seep into; to saturate
• innuendo an indirect hint or suggestion about a person or thing, especially of an insulting or an offensive nature
• erroneous incorrect; wrong
• ascertain to determine; to make certain or clear
• vacuous empty; lacking ideas or intelligence; stupid
• implore to beg urgently
• ineptly/inept lacking skill; awkward; clumsy
• dissension disagreement; difference of opinion
• disintegrate to decay; decompose; break up
• sporadic periodic; random; happening at irregular intervals
• punctilious painstaking; meticulous; strict attention to minute
• disconcerting confusing; disturbing; causing emotional disturbance
• retribution something justly deserved; taking revenge or correcting a wrong
• sinister evil; bad; wicked

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