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| emaciated | abnormally thin, undernourished, anorexic |
| surge | to suddenly rush, sally |
| tranquil | quiet, lenient |
| ascend | to rise, escalate |
| sanctuary | hideout, security, shelter |
| privation | lack of necessities, |
| malnutrion | faulty or inadequate diet |
| besiege | to surround, hem in |
| afficit | to distress, to greatly trouble |
| sinister | evil, ominous |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent, pervasive |
| remote | distant, hidden away |
| thwart | to hinder, defeat |
| harbinger | advance notice, a forerunner |
| malignant | likely to cause death, cancerous |
| respite | an interval relief, delay |
| fretful | worrisome, irritable |
| succumb | to give way, yield |
| excruciating | agonizing, torturing |
| reverberating | reechoing, resounding |
| a red herring | something that diverts attention from main issue |
| a cool one's heels | to be kept waiting |
| to swap horses in midstream | to vote against a candidate running for reelection |
| sour grapes | to disparage something that you cannot have |
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