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confabulate: engage in conversation

I can confabulate happily if the topic is of my liking.

Contrition: remorse
If you show contrition during prison term, you may get off easy

Pollyannaish: overly positive.
The salesgirl was appropriately pollyannaish, despite the crumpled faces of the customer.

Ersatz: fake
I hate ersatz high-fives, the are too hackneyed.

desiderium: an ardent longing
the desiderium for the things lost is one way to achieve depression