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| Repulse | 1. To rebuff or reject with rudeness. 2. To drive away, repel. |
| Sated | 1. To satisfy (an appetite) fully. 2. To satisfy to excess |
| Swagger | 1. To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut. 2. To brag; boast |
| Comprehensive | 1. So large in scope or content as to include much. 2. Marked by or showing extensive understanding |
| Senile | 1. Of, or relating to, old age. 2. Relating to or exhibiting memory loss or mental impairment associated with aging. 3. Worn away nearly to the base level, as at the end of an erosion cycle |
| Sententiously | 1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy. 2. Given to aphoristic utterances. 3. Given to, or abounding in, pompous moralizing |
| Lithe | 1. readily bent; supple. 2. Marked by effortless grace |
| Insolence | 1. the quality of condition of being insolent. 2. an instance of insolent behavior, treatment, or speech |
| Waver | 1. to move unsteadily back and forth. 2. to become unsteady or unsure; falter. 3. To exhibit irresolution or indecision; vacillate. 4. to tremble or quaver in sound, as of the voice or musical note. 5. to flicker, or glimmer, as in light |
| Transcends | 1. to pass beyond the limits of. 2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; to surpass. 3. To exist above and be independent of (material experience or the universe) |
| Deference | 1. submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, judgment, or judgment of another. 2. courteous respect |
| Malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful |
| Somberly | 1. dark; gloomy. 2. Dull or dark in color. 3. Melancholy, dismal. 4. Serious; grave |
| Piety | 1. the state or quality of being pious, especially religious devotion and reverence to God, family or parents. 2. a devout act, thought, or statement. 3. A position held conventionally or hypocritically; a statement of such a position |
| Vigil | 1. a watch kept during normal sleeping hours. 2. The act or a period of observing; surveillance. 3. The eve of a religious festival, observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise. 4. Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day. Often used in the plural |
| Transgress | 1. To go beyond or over (a limit or boundary); exceed or overstep. 2. To act in violation of, such as the law. 3. To commit an offense by violating a law or command; sin. 4. To spread over land, especially over the land along a subsiding shoreline. Used of the sea |
| Wrath | 1. Forceful, often vindictive anger. 2. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger. 3. Divine retribution for sin |
| Calamity | 1. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster. 2. Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy |
| Recoils | 1. to spring back, as apon firing. 2. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance. 3. To fall back; return |
| Defile | To march in single file or in files or columns |
