enjoin | peremptory

fandorain (Ukraine)
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  1. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  2. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  3. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  4. bate
    moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
  5. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  6. advert
    a public promotion of some product or service
  7. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  8. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  9. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  10. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  11. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  12. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  13. deprave
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  14. rout
    an overwhelming defeat
  15. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  16. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  17. recourse
    act of turning to for assistance
  18. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  19. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  20. rend
    tear or be torn violently
  21. halting
    proceeding in a fragmentary, hesitant, or ineffective way
  22. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  23. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  24. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  25. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  26. gentry
    the most powerful members of a society
  27. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  28. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  29. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  30. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  31. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
  32. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  33. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  34. loath
    strongly opposed
  35. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  36. fresco
    a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
  37. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  38. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  39. rudiment
    the elementary stage of any subject
  40. spinster
    an elderly unmarried woman
  41. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  42. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  43. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  44. betrothed
    pledged to be married
  45. appease
    make peace with
  46. incinerate
    become reduced to ashes
  47. grapple
    work hard to come to terms with or deal with something
  48. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
  49. aide
    someone who acts as an assistant
  50. saturated
    unable to dissolve still more of a substance
Created on Sun Jan 14 18:00:13 EST 2018

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