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Word 7:

"""
androgynous

(adjective) Possessing qualities of multiple gender stereotypes; Being neither distinctly masculine nor feminine in one's appearance, or behavior.
"""

From Portraits of an Icon, by Helen Trompeteler:

> Hepburn had a legendary style that appeared simple, achievable [and] even androgynous, […] Such qualities enabled her to push against the gender expectations of her time.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/androgynous
https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20150703-audrey-hepburn-an-icon-who-knew-the-horrors-of-war
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Word 6:

"""
indigent

(adjective) Experiencing want or need; impoverished; being in need of help from others; destitute;
"""

From Andrew Solomon's TED talk about the shared secret of depression:

> The [misguided] notion that, somehow, if we treated a lot of people in indigent communities, that that would be exploitative because we would be changing them...

https://www.wordnik.com/words/indigent
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indigent
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> A clause set off by em dashes is like dropping underwater while swimming breaststroke — just a quick dip before popping back to the sentence’s surface. A parenthetical clause is more like diving down to the pool bottom to pick up a coin.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/07/07/dolnick-parenthetically

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/opinion/parentheses-coronavirus-writing.html

devilment

Word 5:
"""
(noun) reckless mischief; devilish action or conduct.
"""

Captured from The IT Crowd Manual (behind the scenes):

> Graham Linehan (writer): I wish I'd done more of.. meeting the boys' sense of devilment.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devilment
https://www.wordnik.com/words/devilment
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swooning

Word 4:
"""
(verb) to faint or be overwhelmed by emotion; especially as result from infatuation.
"""

A scene from Rizzoli & Isles:
> Detective Rizzoli: I've never seen you like this. You're swooning!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swoon
https://www.wordnik.com/words/swoon
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rebuke

Word 3:

"""
rebuke

(noun) an expression of sharp disapproval or criticism

(verb) express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone because of their behavior or actions
"""

I noted this scene from another Elementary episode.

> Holmes: I’ve given further consideration to your rebuke regarding my capacity for niceness.
> Watson: I didn’t mean it as a rebuke. I was trying to have a conversation.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebuke
https://www.wordnik.com/words/rebuke

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to thine own self

"""
(proverb) be true to yourself, do not engage in self-deception.
"""

Word 2:
I noted this from a scene of Elementary (TV series).

> Watson: "No one can accept something like that forever."
> Holmes: "To thine own self, Watson."

Its not uncommon for the Holmes character to utter such rich and poetic language. Its one of my favourite series.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_thine_own_self_be_true

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embezzle

"""
(verb) steal or misappropriate money that was placed in one's trust, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
"""

Word 1:
I first took note of "embezzle" while watching Homeland (TV series) back in 2013, where Saul says "Whose name you used to embezzle more than $45 million!".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embezzle
https://www.wordnik.com/words/embezzle

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