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facetious (adj.)
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. | a facetious remark | synonymous: flippant, pert.
pert (adj.)
i. saucily free and forward; flippantly cocky and assured. | ii. being trim and chic. | iii. piquantly stimulating | a pert little hat; a pert retort that irritated the teacher | synonymous: animated, jaunty, vivacious.
acrimony (n.)
anger and bitterness; harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feeling. | she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again | synonymous: vitriol, mordancy, asperity.
awry (adv. or adj.)
off the correct or expected course; in a turned or twisted position or direction. | their plans went awry | synonymous: amiss, askew, oblique.
terse ( adj.)
i. using few words; devoid of superfluity | ii. smoothly elegant | a terse summary; he dismissed me with a terse “no” | synonymous: short, brusque; crisp, polished.
superfluity (n.)
i. something unnecessary or superfluous | ii. immoderate and especially luxurious living, habits, or desires | spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities | synonymous: excess, surplus, overkill.
vacuity (n.)
i. empty space | ii. something (such as an idea) that is vacuous or inane; lack of thought or intelligence | full of excitement, I listened to my first student sermon - only to be taken aback by its vacuity. | synonymous: empty-headedness, dim-witted, stupidity.
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other words to use instead of walk?
Advance - to move forward; proceed
Amble - to go at or as if at an easy gait
Canter - to move at or as if at a canter (i.e., a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop)
Footslog - to march or tramp through mud
Hike - to take a long walk especially for pleasure or exercise
Journey - travel from one place to another
Lumber - to move ponderously
March - to move in a direct purposeful manner
Meander - to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination
Mosey - to move in a leisurely or aimless manner
Pace - to walk with often slow or measured tread
Pad - to traverse on foot
Parade - to march in or as if in a procession
Patrol - keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or traveling around or through it
Perambulate - to travel over or through especially on foot
Plod - to walk heavily or slowly
Prance - to walk or move in a spirited manner
Promenade - take a leisurely public walk, ride, or drive so as to meet or be seen by others
Prowl - to move about or wander stealthily in or as if in search of prey
Ramble - to move aimlessly from place to place; to explore idly
Roam - to go from place to place without purpose or direction; also to travel purposefully unhindered through a wide area
Saunter - to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner
Shamble - to walk awkwardly with dragging feet
Shuffle - to move or walk in a sliding dragging manner without lifting the feet
Slog - to plod heavily
Stalk - to walk stiffly or haughtily
Step - to move (the foot) in any direction
Stride - to move over or along with or as if with long measured steps
Stroll - to walk in a leisurely or idle manner
Strut - to walk with a proud gait
Stump - to walk over heavily or clumsily
Toddle - to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child
Tour - make a tour of (an area); a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something
Traipse - to walk or travel about without apparent plan but with or without a purpose
Traverse - to move or pass along or through; to move back and forth or from side to side
Tread - to step or walk on or over
Trek - to make one's way arduously
Troop - to go one's way
Trudge - to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously
Wander - to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal
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