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n., craftiness, deceit, cunning
Guile
v., to offer; n., an offer
Proffered
adj., shapeless; of no particular form or type; not organized
Amorphous
n., proper action, speech and dress, good manners, polite behavior
Decorum
n., someone whose welfare or career is promoted by an influential person
Proteges
adj., naturally cheerful and hopeful, confident, having a ruddy complexion, optimistic, hopeful
Sanguine
n., badly written or trivial verse; often with a singsong rhythm
Doggerel
n., a person who practices unusual self-denial or discipline; often for religious reasons; adj., self-denying
Ascetics
adj., easily done, performing or working with ease, adroit, not sincere or profound, superficial
Facile
adj., angelic, of the highest order of angels
Seraphic
adj., implied or understood without being expressed openly, unspoken
Tacit
adj., not having individual characteristics; lacking in distinctive qualities, drab, hard to describe
Nondescript
adj., various, miscellaneous
Sundry
v., to win over with trickery or flattery, to entice, to coax with deceitful talk, to dupe
Inveigle
n., a belief or set of beliefs held to be true, especially by a church or other authority; a doctrine
Dogma
adj., given to the use of abusive, indecent, or vulgar language; foulmouthed
Scurrilous
adj., too economical, stingy, miserly
Parsimonious
v., to urge strongly, to advise or warn earnestly; to admonish
Exhort
n., a person or thing of little or no importance; something that does not exist or only exist in imagination
Nonentities
adj., loud and noisy, clamorous, demanding
Vociferous