vocabulary

buffoon = fool, clown

use = he looked like a buffoon in the red and green suit

pinnacle = highest point of development

use = the pinnacle of her career

incorporeal = intangible, spiritual

use = a strange incorporeal being

aggrandize = exaggerate, to make larger or greater in power

sapient = wise, shrewd

use = the students enjoyed professor's sapient digressions more than his formal lectures

disavowal = Denial

use = They were quick to disavow the rumor

problematic = uncertain

use = problematic situation

infernal = hellish

use = He described a journey through the infernal world

avarice = greed

use = Her business empire brought her wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.

elusory = tending to deceive expectations

use = elusive dreams of wealth

debilitate = to weaken, enfeeble

use = Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him

placid = Serene, calm

use = a slow-moving and placid river

mete = distribute

use = In India, teachers regularly mete out physical punishment to the students

devious = Out of the common or regular track

use = a devious scheme

exclusive = prohibitive

use = an exclusive interview

awe = reverential wonder or fear

use = awe-inspiring, awestruck

infantile = childish, immature

use = infantile behavior

germane = Relevant

use = a germane answer

impropriety = The state of being inappropriate

use = legal impropriety

withdrawn = introverted, remote, timid

use = she became quiet and withdrawn and rarely went out

recoil = flinch, retreat

use = I recoiled from the smell

flinch = to shrink back due to pain, fear etc

use = he did not flinch in the face of the danger
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