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| aspirant (n) | one who seeks to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| cumbersome (adj) | burdensome, troublesome |
| distend (v) | to extend; to enlarge from internal pressure |
| droll (adj) | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| emanate (v) | to come out from a source |
| environs (n) | the districts around a city; adjoining regions or space |
| evoke (v) | to call forth or up; to conjure; to cite especially with approval |
| inertia (n) | a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion; indisposition to motion |
| intermittent (adj) | coming and going at intervals, not continuous |
| jubilant (adj) | filled with or expressing great joy or triumph |
| lurid (adj) | causing horror or revulsion; gruesome |
| mitigate (v) | to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe or painful |
| permeate (v) | to diffuse through or penetrate something |
| precocious (adj) | exceptionally early in development or occurrence; mature qualities at an unusually early age |
| proficient (adj) | well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge |
| proverbial (adj) | of, or relating to, or resembling a brief popular epigram or maxim |
| rehabilitate (v) | to retore to former capacity; reinstate; restablish the good name of |
| sepulchral (adj) | of or relating to a place of burial or tomb |
| slake (v) | satisfy or quench (as in thirst) |
| tenure (n) | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (property, a position in office); a status granted after a trial period |
