| A | B |
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| Matriarchy | A family, society, community or state governed by women |
| Astute | Clever, cunning, ingenious, shrewd |
| Placate | Appease or pacify by concilatory gestures |
| Juggernaut | Any large, overpowering, destructive force or object |
| Impregnable | Strong enough to resist or withstand attack-not to be taken by force |
| Stoic | One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure or pain |
| Garish | Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy or elaborate (as in clothes or decoration) |
| Speculate | To engage in thought or reflection, to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains |
| Intuitive | Of, relating to or arising from intuition (keen or quick insight) |
| Haggard | Having a guant, wasted or exausted appearance as from prolonged suffering, exertion or anxiety, worn |
| Curtail | To cut short, cut off a part of, abridge, reduce, diminish |
| Complement | Something that completes or makes perfect |
| Punitive | Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment, punishing |
| Perverse | Willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired, contrary |
| Lobotomy | A psychosurgical procedure in which the frontal lobes are seperated from the rest of the brain by cutting the connecting nerve fibers |
| Lucid | Characterized by clear perception or understanding rational or sane |
| Compassion | A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering |
| Spoor | A track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game |
| Lenience | Quality or state of being lenient (permissive, indulgent) |
| Squalor | Condition of being squalid- filth and misery |
