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an artful or simulated semblance

guise

100

equally skillful with each hand

ambidextrous

100

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

pliable

100

showing a brooding ill humor

dour

100

in a manner marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

warily

200

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

vapid

200

characterized by excessive attention to trivial details

persnickety

200

grow vigorously

flourish

200

lacking wit or imagination

prosaic

200

make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

adulterate

300

place troops or weapons in battle formation

deploy

300

information that is spread to promote some cause

propaganda

300

plausible but false

spurious

300

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

intimation

300

one who lives in solitude

troglodyte

400

disdainfully or ironically humorous

sardonic

400

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

bizarre

400

defiantly aggressive

truculent

400

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

stolid

400

look with amazement

gape

500

laugh at with contempt and derision

gibe

500

the most typical example or representative of a type

quintessence

500

a member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force

guerilla

500

an act of deliberate betrayal

perfidy

500

concise and full of meaning

pithy

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