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from books 10 words

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  1. wonted
    commonly used or practiced; usual
  2. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  3. callowness
    lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
  4. salient
    having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
  5. remonstrance
    the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
  6. forbear
    a person from whom you are descended
  7. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  8. perambulate
    make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
  9. placer
    an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
  10. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack