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| sycophant | n. a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| gelid | adj. extremely cold : ICY |
| shackle | v. 1.a. a : to bind with shackles : FETTER b : to make fast with or as if with a shackle; impede. Synonym: Hamper |
| sinecure | n. an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| synthesis | n. a : the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole b : the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound c : the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole; also : the complex so formed |
| prevalent | adj. generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : WIDESPREAD |
| somnolent | adj. 1: a. of a kind likely to induce sleep "a _____ sermon"; b. a : inclined to or heavy with sleep : DROWSY; b. sleepy |
| lionize | v. to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| impecunious | adj. having very little or no money usually habitually : PENNILESS |
| aver | v. 1: a. to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause b : to allege or assert in pleading. 2: to declare positively |
| scant | adj. barely or scarcely sufficient; especially : not quite coming up to a stated measure "a _____ teaspoon" b : lacking in amplitude or quantity "_____ growth." Synonym: Meager |
| abstain | v. to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice "_____ from drinking" |
| squalid | adj. marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty |
| rancor | n. bitter deep-seated ill will; enmity |
| dire | adj. 1: a. exciting horror "_____ suffering" b : DISMAL, OPPRESSIVE "_____ days". 2: warning of disaster "a _____ forecast". 3: a : desperately urgent "_____ need" b : EXTREME "_____ poverty" |
