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Definitions - Denouement, Febrile, Prevaricate and Unfurl


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Denouement: The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. It's essentially the resolution after the climax.
Example: The film's denouement showed the main characters finding peace after the conflict.
Febrile: Having or showing symptoms of a fever. Or, characterized by a great deal of nervous excitement or energy.
Example: The child's febrile condition worried her parents.
Prevaricate: To speak or act in an evasive way. To deviate from the truth. To speak misleadingly.
Example: The politician was accused of prevaricating about his involvement in the scandal.
Unfurl: To spread out from a rolled or folded state. To open out.
Example: The flower began to unfurl its petals in the morning sun.
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