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| apt | (adj) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| awry | (adj, adv) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
| bludgeon | (n) a short club used as a weapon; (v) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| capitulate | (v) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| chafe | (v) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annony, irk; to strain or press against; (n) a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | (v.trans) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v.intrans) to march in a single line or in columns;(n) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| dire | (adj) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| disarming | (adj) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
| disgruntled | (adj.part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| encroach | (v) to advance beyone the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| endow | (v) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
| fend | (v) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| impunity | (n) freedom from punishment |
| mien | (n) air, manner; apearance; expression |
| penal | (adj) having to do with punishment |
| pertinent | (adj) related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominant | (adj) the greatest in strength or power; most common |
| prodigy | (n) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| recluse | (n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| renown | (n) fame, glory |
