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| solicitous | adj. attentive care and protectiveness; also : an earnest concern or attention <he was solicitous of his father’s health> |
| cogent | adj. 1 : having power to compel or constrain <cogent forces> 2 a : appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : CONVINCING <cogent evidence> |
| rotund | adj. 1 : marked by roundness : ROUNDED 2 : marked by fullness of sound or cadence : OROTUND, SONOROUS <a master of rotund diction> 3 : notably plump : CHUBBY |
| compensate | v. 1 : to be equivalent to : COUNTERBALANCE 2 : to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to <compensate the victims for their loss> |
| inter | v. to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| countermand | v. 1 : to revoke (a command) by a contrary order 2 : to recall or order back by a superseding contrary order <countermand reinforcements> |
| arbitrate | v. to settle a dispute, usually by a person or agency whose judgment or opinion is considered authoritative |
| vindictive | adj. 1 a : disposed to seek revenge : VENGEFUL b : intended for or involving revenge 2 : intended to cause anguish or hurt : SPITEFUL |
| succinct | adj. marked by compact precise expression without wasted words <a succinct description> synonyms see CONCISE |
| labyrinthine | adj. having the characteristics of a labyrinth (1 a : a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys b : a maze (as in a garden) formed by paths separated by high hedges 2 : something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character). |
