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  1. camouflage
    an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
  2. reservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
  3. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  4. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  5. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  6. dainty
    something considered choice to eat
  7. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  8. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  9. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  10. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  11. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  12. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  13. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  14. caliph
    the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state
  15. zenith
    the highest point of something
  16. evoke
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  17. inception
    an event that is a beginning
  18. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  19. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  20. hypocrite
    a person who professes beliefs that he or she does not hold
  21. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  22. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
Created on Sun Dec 16 20:37:44 EST 2012 (updated Fri Feb 01 08:03:20 EST 2013)

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