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::: maverick - rebel; nonconformist (in a group)
::: defray - provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay
::: clamber - climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble
::: canny - shrewd in money matters; thrifty
::: causal - implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality
::: grueling - exhausting; Ex. grueling marathon race
::: flair - talent
::: revulsion - sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture
::: chancellor - legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor
::: improvident - thriftless; not providing for the future