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- circumlocution
talking around a subject
looking around warily
sailing around the world
motion of a train
- refractory
change in appearance
stubborn
dining room in a monastery
a broken bone
- untenable
not able to be defended
messy
easily stressed
difficult to control
- precursor
dangerous situation
ancient sorceror
computer icon
forerunner
- antecedent
before a war
word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
a backwards motion
antiquated or ancient event
- deportment
behavior
banishment
back door
intense condition
- perspicacious
looking thoroughly at a subject
acting in a suspicious manner
working to a point of creating a sweat
allowing through passage
- inverse
shy
brand of sneakers
form of poetry
opposite in order
- aggressive
clustering together
increasing in numbers
returning to a former condition
self-assertive
- omnisicient
all-powerful
ever-present
all-knowing
bad knowledge