Chapters 15 and 16

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  1. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  2. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  3. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  4. vilify
    spread negative information about
  5. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  6. mirth
    great merriment
  7. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  8. litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  9. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  11. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  12. veiled
    having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
  13. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  14. potency
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  15. moot
    of no legal significance, as having been previously decided
  16. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
  17. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  18. searing
    extremely hot
  19. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
  20. ward
    a person who is under the protection of another
  21. gaily
    in a joyous or happy manner
  22. lair
    the place where a wild animal lives
  23. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  24. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  25. catatonic
    characterized by unresponsiveness or lack of movement
  26. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  27. frantic
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
  28. perceptible
    capable of being grasped by the mind or senses
  29. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  30. cormorant
    large, dark-colored, long-necked seabird
  31. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  32. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  33. appalled
    struck with dread, shock, or dismay
  34. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  35. endearing
    lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
  36. callous
    emotionally hardened
  37. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  38. vigilance
    the process of paying close and continuous attention
  39. vaporous
    resembling or characteristic of vapor
  40. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
Created on Mon Oct 22 22:55:26 EDT 2012

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