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1) Obsolete - (adj.) - no longer used, out of production, extinct.
"No one was happy when pancakes became obsolete after the waffle crisis of 2021."

2) Paucity - (n.) - a small grouping, a minuscule amount of something
"There was a paucity of raisins in the woman's coat pocket which alerted the nose of the labrador."

3) Philistine - (n.) - a person who is outwardly hostile and has no regard for culture.
"The philistine walked right into Mr. LeRoy's store and took a baseball bat to all of the fine glassware."

4) Meticulous - (adj.) - attentive, very precise, perfectionistic attitude.
"The child was meticulous in the way he positioned the Legos in order to build a scale model of his kitchen."

5) Officious - (adj.) - assertive of authority in petty or trivial matters.
"The officious sixth-grader shouted to the teacher about a girl accidentally stepping in the boy's bathroom."

6) Peruse - (v.) - to view or examine in detail for a long time.
"I thought the old man was taking an obscenely long time to peruse the museum exhibit, but it turned out that he was dead."

7) Mitigate - (v.) - to make less painful, lessen, lower severity.
"The resident forgot to administer morphine to his patient which resulted in him pleading for the pain to mitigate."

8) Perfidy - (n.) - deceitfulness, untrustworthy, faithless.
"The perfidy of the journalist was apparent when he quit his job and published classified information on his blog." 

9) Morose - (adj.) - sullen and ill-tempered, grumpy, cranky.
"The kid obviously stayed up til five in the morning given his morose attitude at breakfast time."




1) Dearth - (n.) - a scarcity or lack of something.
"There is a noticeable dearth within this classroom ever since Jonie went on extended vacation."

2) Magnate - (n.) - a very wealthy business person.
"Harvey Renold was a magnate in field of an Aquatic movie directing." 

3) Opaque - (adj.) - opposite of transparent, unable to be seen through.
"Bradley tried looking through the car door, but realized that he should divert his attention from the opaque opening to the clear window."

4) Veneration - (n.) - being revered, remembered with high respect.
"The veneration of Alfonso was apparent after he saved the young toddler's life."

5) Florid - (adj.) - Blushing, showing redness in the face. OR very intricate and precisely complicated.
"His face was florid when he found out who got to travel that Wednesday."

6) Esoteric - (adj.) Something only capable of being understood by a very select group.
"The wild, six-legged elephant is an esoteric creature that hasn't been seen for over 240 years."

7) Malleable - (adj.) The ability to be beaten or shaping without suffering damage.
"The Play-Do was malleable to the child's will, as evidenced when he made himself a purple hamburger."

8) Evanescent - (adj.) Quickly fading or disappearing.
"The marching band were evanescent as they continued their parade into the sunset."

9) Vitiated - (v.) To spoil or destroy something or the quality of something.
"Darnell felt horrible when the principal vitiated the student's privileges of eating lunch."

10) Propensity - (n.) The tendency to lean towards a certain way of acting or a favourable behaviour.
"The propensity of Sandra acting violent towards others always became apparent when adults would yell at her."