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| apt | (adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| awry | (adj.,adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
| bludgeon | (n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| capitulate | (v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| chafe | (v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk, to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | (v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v.,intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| dire | (adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| disarming | (adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| disgruntled | (adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| encroach | (v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| endow | (v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
| fend | (v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| impunity | (n.) freedom from punishment |
| mien | (n.) air, manner; appearance; expression |
| penal | (adj.) having to do with punishment |
| pertinent | (adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominant | (adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common |
