Shreveport, sparring, troglodyte

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  1. Shreveport
    a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
  2. sparring
    making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
  3. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  4. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  5. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  6. jest
    activity characterized by good humor
  7. jape
    a humorous remark intended to provoke laughter
  8. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  9. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  10. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  11. repine
    express discontent
  12. quetch
    express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  13. turncoat
    a disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause
  14. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  15. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  16. poltroon
    an abject coward
  17. formative
    minimal language unit that has a syntactic function
  18. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  19. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  20. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  21. cerise
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  22. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  23. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  24. spirant
    a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
  25. fricative
    a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
  26. clamant
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  27. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  28. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
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