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  1. accommodation
    making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
  2. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  3. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  4. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  5. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  6. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  7. enthralled
    filled with wonder and delight
  8. definitely
    without question and beyond doubt
  9. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  10. enrapture
    hold spellbound
  11. disappoint
    fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
  12. embarrassment
    the shame felt when inadequacy or guilt is made public
  13. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  14. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  15. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  16. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  17. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
  18. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  19. svelte
    being of delicate or slender build
  20. torrential
    relating to or resulting from the action of a downpour
  21. humiliate
    cause to feel shame
  22. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  23. dispute
    the act of coming into conflict
  24. refine
    reduce to a pure state
  25. illusion
    an erroneous mental representation
  26. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  27. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  28. subservient
    compliant and obedient to authority
  29. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  30. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  31. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  32. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  33. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  34. inadequacy
    a lack of competence
  35. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  36. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  37. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  38. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  39. colossal
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
  40. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  41. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  42. compliant
    disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
  43. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  44. devious
    turning away from a straight course
Created on Wed Nov 27 11:02:40 EST 2013 (updated Sun Dec 01 11:19:52 EST 2013)

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