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abase
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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admonishment
a firm rebuke
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ameliorate
to make better
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analgesic
capable of relieving pain
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ardent
characterized by intense emotion
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ascendant
tending or directed upward
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assuage
provide physical relief, as from pain
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attendant
a person who is present and participates in a meeting
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banal
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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banter
light teasing repartee
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belligerent
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
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bereavement
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
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calamity
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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callous
having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
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compromise
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
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conscientiousness
the trait of being painstaking and careful
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dispersion
spreading widely or driving off
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duress
compulsory force or threat
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elixir
a substance believed to cure all ills
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emphatic
spoken with emphasis
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enkephalin
an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere
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equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
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exhort
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
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feigning
pretending with intention to deceive
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foist
to force onto another
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glib
artfully persuasive in speech
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grievous
causing or marked by grief or anguish
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impertinent
improperly forward or bold
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incendiary
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
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incipient
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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indignant
angered at something unjust or wrong
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infelicitous
not appropriate in application; defective
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insular
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
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intransigent
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
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itinerant
traveling from place to place to work
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Litany
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
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mitigate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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modicum
a small or moderate or token amount
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paradoxical
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
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pedantry
an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
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perennial
lasting three seasons or more
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reconnoiter
explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
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redolent
having a strong pleasant odor
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reprisal
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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retinue
the group following and attending to some important person
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ruminate
reflect deeply on a subject
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sardonic
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
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sovereign
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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subversive
in opposition to a civil authority or government
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surmise
infer from incomplete evidence
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surreptitious
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
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tenet
a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
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tenuous
very thin in gauge or diameter
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despondency
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless