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  1. Affidavit       a sworn statement in writing                                                                        
  2. Anomaly         Deviation from the common rule                                                                      
  3. Bane            A source of harm or ruin                                                                            
  4. caricature      a picture or description in which a characteristicis greatly exaggerated                            
  5. Conclave        A private meeting or secret assembly                                                                
  6. digression      a turning aside from the main subject; a rambling                                                   
  7. entrepreneur    one who starts or conducts a business                                                               
  8. generosity      the quality of being magnanimous; giving freely                                                     
  9. Hypochondriac   Person with extreme depression of spirits often   centered on imaginary physical ailments           
  10. Invective       Insulting or abusive language                                                                       
  11. Levity          Excessive or unseemly frivolity                                                                     
  12. Mettle          Quality of temperament or disposition                                                               
  13. Nuance          A subtle distinction or variation                                                                   
  14. parody          literary or musical work in which something is    imitated for comical effect                       
  15. Proclivity      natural tendency toward something                                                                   
  16. Recreant        one who is unfaithful to something; a cowardly    person; a deserter                                
  17. scintilla       a spark; a trace; an iota                                                                           
  18. Talisman        a magical charm or amulet; a lucky charm                                                            
  19. vagabond        one who wanders from place to place without       money                                             
  20. Wraith          a specter, ghost, or ghostly apparition                                                             
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