Shooter Glossary

Shooter Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Combustible

Flammable, burnable

Propagate

Generate, cultivate

Pontifical

Related to the Pope

Renascent

Becoming popular

Frippery

Beautification, garnishing

Coalesce

Amalgamate, combine

Nincompoop

Idiot, simpleton

Flabbergasted

Greatly astonished

Virulency

Resentfulness, destructiveness

Proliferation

Rapid growth

Incredulity

Disbelief, distrust

Stupendous

Unreal, astonishing

Poignancy

Evoking a sense of sadness and regret

Contentious

Disputed, controversial

Platitude

Commonplace, banality

Spasmodic

Recurrent, periodical

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