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| asunder- adv. | 1. into parts or pieces. 2. in different directions; apart. adj. separated; not close; apart. |
| benediction- n. | 1. a blessing. 2. an invocation of divine blessing. 3. a giving of thanks; grace. 4. blessedness 5. in the Roman Catholic Church, a special ritual of blessing. |
| complacency- n. | 1. quiet satisfaction; contentment. 2. self-satisfaction; smugness. |
| corpulent- adj. | fat; fleshy; stout; obese. |
| elude- v. | 1. to avoid or escape from by quickness. cunning, etc. 2. to escape detection by; evade; baffle. |
| extenoirtuze- v. | to speak, perform, or compose extempore; improvise. |
| feigned- adv. | 1. fictitious; imagined. 2. pretended; simulated; sham. |
| florid- adj. | 1. rosy; ruddy; highly colored; said of the complexion. 2. highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate: as, a florid passage on music, etc. 3. [Rare], decorated with flowers; flowery. |
| implore- v. | 1. to ask or beg earnestly for; beseech. 2. to ask or beg (a person) to do something; entreat. |
| jaunty- adj. | 1. stylish; chic. 2. easy and careless; gay and swaggering; sprightly; perky. |
| languidly- adv. | 1. without vigor or vitality; drooping; weak. 2. without interest or spirit; listless; indifferent. 3. sluggish; dull; slow. |
| laudable- adj. | worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable. |
| levity- n. | lightness or gaiety of disposition, conduct or speech; lack of seriousness; frivolity. 2. fickleness; instability. |
| prodigality- n. | 1. reckless wastefulness 2. abundant generosity or liberality; lavishness. 3. extreme abundance. |
| punctilious- adj. | 1. careful in the observance of the nice points of behavior and ceremony. 2. very exact; scrupulous. |
| recede- v. | 1. to go or move back. 2. to withdraw. 3. to slope backward. 4.to become more distant. |
| reproach- v. | 1. to accuse of and blame for a fault; rebuke; reprove; censure; upbraid. 2. to bring shame and disgrace upon; be a cause of discredit to. |
| supercilious- adj. | disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty; arrogant. |
| vacuous- adj. | 1. empty 2. having or showing lack of intelligence. interest or thought; stupid; senseless; inane. 3. characterized by lack of purpose; idle. |
| wan- adj. | 1. sickly pale; pallid; colorless. 2. indicative or suggestive of a sickly condition or great wariness, grief. 3. dark; gloomy; sad. v. to make or become sickly pale. |
