| A | B |
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| inferno | any hellish place or state of horror or destruction |
| sap | 1.the solution which circulates in a plant or tree 2. a stupid person easily fooled 3.to dig beneath,to undermine |
| dour | sullen, sour, stern, harsh |
| gaffe | a social blunder or quite tactless remark |
| encumber | to hamper, impede, to burden, block up |
| lowly | 1.humble modest, unpretentious 2.far down in a scale or heirarchy, lowly occupations |
| vitality | the quality of being alive, esp. the strength of this quality |
| enhance | to increase, add to the quality, price or value 2.heightened, intensified |
| choleric | inclined to be irritable |
| superficiality | the state of being concerned only with the obvious or apparent, shallow |
| atone | to make amends for some sin, wrong or omission |
| plaintive | quietly mournful, weakly complaining |
| vestige | 1.faintly visible or otherwise discernible evidence of the former prescence or existence of something which is no longer present 2.a very small amount 3.a small degenerate or imperfectly developed structure |
| denounce | 1.to inform against 2.to censure 3.to announce formally the end of a treaty, agreement, etc. |
| sumptous | lavish, luxurious |
| impetus | 1.a stimulus resulting in increased activity 2.incentive, driving force 3.the force which causes a given motion or activity |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities, to commit petty thefts |
| stolid | difficult to arouse, either emotionally or mentally |
| valor | personal courage, esp. in battle |
| rage | 1.violent and uncontrolled anger, or a fit of this 2. the violence of a natural element 3.passionate desire for something |
