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  1. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  2. rage
    a feeling of intense anger
  3. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  4. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  5. devise
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  6. defect
    a failing or deficiency
  7. smattering
    a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
  8. banter
    light teasing repartee
  9. retained
    continued in your keeping or use or memory
  10. lure
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  11. transcript
    a written record of dictated or recorded speech
  12. stern
    serious and harsh in manner or behavior
  13. decline
    grow worse
  14. puny
    of inferior size
  15. injustice
    the practice of being unfair
  16. typical
    exhibiting the qualities that identify a group or kind
  17. flinch
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  18. copacetic
    completely satisfactory
  19. facilitate
    make easier
  20. urgency
    an earnest and insistent necessity
  21. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
Created on Tue Nov 02 12:41:50 EDT 2010

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