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| self-possessed | adj; calm and confident; After figuring out how to cheat, she acted very self-possessed. |
| gravely | adv; having a harsh grating sound; In rage, he gravely said, "Go to your room!" |
| engulfed | v; to flow over and enclose; When he plopped his marshmallow into the fondue pot, the chocolate engulfed it. |
| bog | n; wet and spongy ground; The water seeped throught their shoes and socks when they stepped into the bog. |
| moor | n; a boggy area of wasteland; You couldn't grow anything on the moor. |
| scarcity | n; the need of provisions for the support of life; Everyone was hungry on account of the scarcity of food. |
| delusion | n; a false belief; A seemingly real delusion kept him from noticing her pain. |
| imminent | adj; ready to take place; She didn't do her homework and received the imminent accountability. |
| romance | n; a story with very little basis in fact; He said he was late because he was fighting dragons, but she didn't believe his romance. |
| dank | adj; unpleasantly moist or wet; The forest was dank and uncomfortable for hunting. |
| palpable | adj; touchable, tangible; She groped for hours, but her dreams were not palpable. |
| taint | v; to touch or effect lightly with something bad; He purposely tainted our emotions toward camping with gruesome horror stories about snakes. |
| indolently | adv; averse to effort of movement; She indolently watched T.V. and wasn't aware of the games around her. |
| abrupt | adj; unexpected, suddenly terminating as if cut or broken off; The abrubt end startled her. |
| opaqueness | n; unable to be seen through; Opaqueness in draperies is not good when you want a little sunlight to come through your window. |
| lacerated | adj; torn or mangled; The bad test was lacerated because the boy tore it up so his parents could not see it. |
| quarry | n; prey or game; The hunter shot his quarry. |
| discerned | v; to detect with the eyes; From the look on her face, he discerned her fears. |
| amenities | n; pleasures; Hotels give many amenities, therefore I'll never run out of shampoo. |
| ardent | adj; eager to participate, enthusiastic; The ardent girl's adrenaline was pumping. |
| imprudent | adj; lacking discretion, rash; The turtle was imprudent when he sat in the middle of the room. |
| bay | n; the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger; Once he was out in the field surrounded by enemies, he was at bay. |
| surreptitiously | adv; stealthily; He surreptitiously took the money out of the collection plate. |
| erudite | adj; learned; The erudite scholar knew all the answers. |
| travesty | n; a distorted, inferior imitation; The Heights was a travesty of Beverly Hills. |
| dubious | adj; doubtful, suspicious; He was dubious of her credibility, but he signed the contract anyway. |
| unobtrusively | adv; inconspicuous, not aggressive; She unobtrusively moved to the back of the line. |
| candidly | adv; marked by honest, sincere expression; She acted very candidly and admitted her crime. |
| faculty | n; ability or power; Thanks to his faculty, he was able to order it to be delivered immediately. |
| artifice | n; a trick, false or insincere behavior; The magician performed an artifice in which he cut a girl in half. |
| diabolical | adj; resembling a devil; He was classified as diabolical after relentlessly killing 12 people. |
| pervasive | adj; diffused throughout every part; He was very pervasive in announcing the verdict; he drew attention. |
| invincible | adj; incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; The Romans assumed they were invincable but soon their empire fell. |
| ascended | v; to move gradually upward; He ascended to the next floor. |
| unpretentious | adj; modest; He was very unpretentious even through he was the best. |
| divested | v; to undress or strip; She divested before taking a shower. |
| ominous | adj; fortelling evil, threatening; The ominous black cloud showed they were about to be attacked |
| chagrin | noun; mentle uneasiness or annoyance caused by failure, disappointment, or humiliation; After he failed the test he was walking around with chagrin on his face. |
| nominal | adj; relatively small; The President felt he could leave the conversation because they were talking about a very nominal subject. |
| curt | adj; rudely short or abrupt; She was very upset with the movie's curt ending. |
| conundrum | n; riddle; My grandfather loves to tell conundrums because he can trick everyone. |
| tenacious | adj; stubborn, persistant; It is impossible to argue with him because he is so tenacious. |
| hansom | noun; carriage; Cindarella arrived in a beautiful hansom. |
| ennui | noun; boredom; Because the evening was marked with ennui, he left as soon as it ended. |
