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| baton (noun) | a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir |
| bellow (verb) | make a loud noise, as of animal; shout loudly and without restraint |
| calibrate (verb) | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring |
| clank (noun) | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| consternation (noun) | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
| envy (noun) | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins |
| extraordinary (adj) | far more than usual or expected; beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable |
| graceful (adj) | characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution |
| handicap (noun) | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress; the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| impediment (noun) | any structure that makes progress difficult; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
| interrupt (verb) | terminate; destroy the peace or tranquility of; interfere in someone else's activity |
| neutralize (verb) | make chemically neutral; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; make incapable of military action; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
| panic (noun) | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety; sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events |
| squawk (noun) | the noise of squawking; informal terms for objecting |
| synchronize (verb) | cause to indicate the same time or rate; operate simultaneously; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; happen at the same time |
| transmit (verb) | send from one person or place to another; broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television |
| uproot (verb) | pull up by or as if by the roots; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment |
| vigilant (adj) | carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger |
| wince (verb) | make a face indicating disgust or dislike; draw back, as with fear or pain |
