Fab vocab 76-100

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Epiphany
A sudden intuitive perception of the reality or essential meaning of something usually initiated by some simple or commonplace occurrence or experience
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August
Marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
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Immutable
Not being capable of or susceptible to change
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Pertinacity
Adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; stubbornly tenacious
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Discern
To recognize or perceive clearly
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Insipid
Lacking taste or savor; tasteless; lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge
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Lugubrious
Mournful, especially exaggeratedly or affected mournful, dismal
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Drollery
Whimsical humor, having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
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Declivity
Downward inclination; a downward slope
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Recrudescence
A new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity; renewal
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Alacrity
Promptness in response; cheerful readiness
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Rapacious
Excessively grasping or covetous; living on prey; ravenous
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Efface
To make indistinct as if by wearing away a surface; to make oneself modestly or shyly inconspicuous; to wipe out
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Moribund
Being in a state of inactivity or adolescence approaching death
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Obfuscate
To darken or obscure
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Fervent
Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm; ardent
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Woebegone
Woeful; also rundown
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Sepulchral
Suited to or suggesting of a tomb; funeral
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Supercilious
Being coolly or patonizingly haughty
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Indefatigable
Untiring; incapable of being tired
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