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gloat | v.to regard with mean or greedy pleasure, greed, or exultation |
legacy | n.something inherited or handed down; money or property left by a will |
clangor | n.a continuous clanging; a loud ringing sound, as of metal being hit |
wheedle | v.to influence or persuade by using flattery or soothing, sweet words; to coax |
patent | n.a government document giving a person the right to profit from an invention; v.to acquire such a document; aadj.evident; obvious |
indict | v.to charge with an offense or a crime; to make a formal accusation onth e basis of legal evidence crime |
patriarch | n.a founder nd leader of a tribe or family; a respected old manmily; |
mortify | v.to humiliate or shame; to discipline onewelf by self-denial or punishment |
enjoin | v.to command, especially in law; to forbid or prohibit |
livid | adj.purplish or bluish from a bruise; pale, white, or red with anger or affliction; very angry or furiousn; |