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denouement: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
excoriate: to express strong disapproval of; also, to flay.
tryst: an appointment (as between lovers) to meet.
soporific: causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
didactic: conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson.
disconsolate: hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.
conurbation: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
booboisie: a class of people regarded as stupid or foolish.
abstemious: temperate; abstinent; refraining from indulgence.
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