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| etiquette | a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances |
| controversial | prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention |
| quagmire | an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. |
| endure | to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo |
| kismet | fate; destiny |
| inundate | to overwhelm: |
| braggart | one who boasts |
| industry | energetic, devoted activity at any work or task; diligence |
| hasty | unduly quick; precipitate; rash: |
| etiology | the study of causation. |
| enact | to make into an act or statute: |
| expedient | conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right. |
| reciprocally | given or felt by each toward the other; mutually |
| solemn | grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood |
| covenant | an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified. |
| ratify | to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: |
| affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite |
| constitute | to establish (laws, an institution, etc.) |
| capitulation | unconditional surrender |
| compassionate | benevolent charitable, humane, merciful, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted |
| apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion |
| sympathetic | characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling compassionate |
| sympathy | harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another. |
| symmetry | the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane |
| symbiosis | the living together of two dissimilar organisms, |
| empathy | the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. |
| symphony | an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like |
| pathology | the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases |
| apathy | absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. |
| bequest | a disposition in a will. |
| obsequious | obedient; dutiful |
| irritation | soreness, sensitivity |
| ascertain | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine |
| veneration | a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence: |
| exultation | lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory. |
| debase | to reduce in quality or value |
| disengage | to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten |
| unpretentious | modest; without ostentatious display; plain |
| apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion |
| symphony | an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like |
