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| documentary | (adj) based on or consisting of documents, employing facts rather than fiction; (noun) a presentation built on factual conditions or historical events |
| reprieve | (noun) a temporary relief from pain or trouble; an order temporarily delaying punishment |
| fluctuate | (verb) to rise and fall or move back and forth; to change irregularly |
| casement | (noun) a window that opens on hinges along its side |
| vehement | (adj) marked by great emotion, force, or conviction; intense; violent |
| debut | (verb) to present for the first time; (noun) a first public appearance; a formal entrance into society |
| melancholy | (adj) sad; depressed; causing sadness; (noun) gloom, low spirits |
| requiem | (noun) music to honor the dead; a mass for the dead |
| theoretical | (adj) hypothetical; based on theory; uncertain |
| bestride | (verb) to sit on something with a leg on each side; to straddle |
| gloat | (verb) to regard with mean or greedy pleasure or exultation |
| legacy | (noun) something inherited or handed down; money or property left by a will |
| clangor | (noun) a continuous clanging; a loud ringing sound |
| wheedle | (verb) to influence or persuade by using flattery or soothing, sweet words; to coax |
| patent | (noun) a government document giving a person the right to profit from an invention (verb) to acquire such a document (adj) evident; obvious |
| indict | (verb) to charge with an offense or a crime; to make a formal accusation on the basis of legal evidence |
| patriarch | (noun) a founder and leader of a tribe or family; a respected old man |
| mortify | (verb) to humiliate or shame; to discipline oneself by self-denial or punishment |
| enjoin | (verb) to command, especially in law; to forbid or prohibit |
| livid | (adj) purplish or bluish from a bruise; pale, white, or red with anger of affliction; very angry |
