Definition: (noun) A state of alarm or dread.
Synonyms: apprehension.
Usage: With trepidation, the children approached the haunted house.
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grovel
pompous
Definition: (adjective) Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity.
Synonyms: overblown, grandiloquent, portentous.
Usage: He read the proclamation aloud in a pompous voice, although nobody was paying attention.
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gallimaufry
tryst
Definition: (noun) An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
Synonyms: assignation, rendezvous.
Usage: They tried to keep their weekly meetings a secret, but soon neighbors began to whisper about their trysts.
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hermitage
circumlocution
Definition: (noun) The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
Synonyms: ambage, periphrasis, evasion.
Usage: He is long-winded and prone to circumlocution in his public speeches.
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lobe
Definition: (noun) A rounded projection, especially an anatomical part.
Synonyms: projection.
Usage: She fastened her earrings, three brilliant pendants that glistened most beautifully, through the pierced lobes of her ears.
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