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| agony | intense physical or mental pain; a strong sudden display of emotion |
| anguish | extreme pain or distress of body or mind |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped; not firm or substantial; lacking warmth, depth, or generosity of spirit; a hard candy made with sugar and nuts and spread in thing sheets |
| chivalry | a body of knights; the system, spirit, ways, or customs of medieval knighthood; the qualities of knighthood |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear; a person whose job is of low rank but still important |
| creed | a statement of the essential beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principals or beliefs |
| desolate | lacking inhabitants and visitors; deserted; joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one; showing the effects of abandonment or neglect; lacking signs of life; lacking warmth, comfort, or hope |
| excursion | a going out or forth; a usually brief pleasure trip; departure from a direct or proper course |
| exile | forced removal or voluntary absence from one's country or home; the state of one so absent; to banish or expel from one's country or home |
| lacquer | any of various durable natural varnishes; any of various clear or colored synthetic organic coatings that typically dry to form a film by evaporation of the solvent |
| loot | goods taken in war; something taken or stolen by force or violence; to plunder or sack in war; to rob or steal especially on a large scale and by violence or corruption; to seize or carry away by force especially in war |
| mangle | to cut, bruise, or hack with repeated blows or strokes; to spoil or injure in making or performing; a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers; to press or smooth |
| neutral | not favoring either side in a quarrel, contest, or war; having no distinctive characteristics; not feeling strongly one way or the other; indifferent; having no color that stands out; neither an acid or base; not electrically charged |
| novelty | something new or unusual; a small manufactured article intended to amuse or for the use as a plaything or an adornment |
| perpetual | continuing forever; everlasting; valid for all time; holding for life or for an unlimited time; going on and on without interruption; blooming continuously throughout the season |
| poise | balance; to hold or carry in equilibrium; to hold or be supported or suspended without motion in a steady position; to put in readiness |
| precision | the degree of refinement with which an operation is performed or measurement stated; adapted for extremely accurate measurement or operation |
| publicity | the condition of being known by all; something meant to attract attention; attention from the communications media |
| quest | an act or instance of seeking; a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance; a person or groups of persons who search or make inquiry; to seek, pursue; to ask or demand |
| residential | used as a dwelling for some period of time; restricted to or occupied by persons living there |
| rivet | a single-headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hold in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head; to fasten with |
| siege | a military blockade of a fortified place; a continued attempt to gain possession of something; a persistent attack |
| swoon | faint; to drift or fade gradually; a partial or total loss of consciousness; a dazed enraptured state |
| tapestry | a heavy white textile used especially as a wall hanging or furniture covering |
| utmost | situated at the farthest or most distant point; of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or amount |
