Maxim: a general truth
Demure: reserved, modest
Abhor: to loathe
Abstruse: difficult to comprehend
Accoutrement: outfit
Ambivalence: one thing and its opposite
Anomaly: different, peculiar
Asunder: into parts
Beige: light brown/gray
Betwixt: between
Blatant: obvious, noisy
Chatoyant: changeable luster/color
Effloresce: to bloom, burst forth
Cumbersome: slow-moving (clumsy)
Naive: simple, lacking world wisdom
Reverie: daydream
Quixotic: lofty, impractical ideas
Resuscitate: to revive from apparent death
Pyrrhic: achieved at excessive cost
Enigma: hard to understand/explain, mystery
Eclectic: composed of many sources
Haberdasher: a dealer in notions; a dealer in men's clothing
Phantasmagoria: constantly shifting things, real or imagined; optical illusions
Louche: not reputable or decent
Metanoia: change of heart; spiritual conversation
Fabulist: liar
Ineluctable: inescapable
Feckless: weak, ineffective
Coprolite: fossilized poop
Ostensible: open; out for display
Crucible: a severe test
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