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| amiably | adv.-- having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition. |
| desirous | adj. -- having or characterized by desire; desiring: desirous of high political office. |
| condoled | v.t. -- to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually fol. by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died. |
| rubicund | adj.-- red or reddish; ruddy: a rubicund complexion. |
| proffered | v.t.-- to put before a person for acceptance; offer. |
| doughty | adj.-- steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant |
| fakir | n.-- a Muslim or Hindu religious person or monk commonly considered a wonder-worker. |
| jarred | v.i. -- to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred. |
| presumptuous | adj. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward |
| fancy | n. -- a caprice; whim; vagary: It was his fancy to fly to Paris occasionally for dinner. |
| doggedly | adv. -- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious:” I won't let you share my dessert! I won't! I won't!" the toddler said doggedly. |
| talisman | n. -- anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions. |
| enthralled | v.t.-- to captivate or charm: the performer's grace and skill enthralled her audience. |
| maligned | v.t. -- to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man. |
| antimacassar | n. -- a small covering, usually ornamental, placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or soiling; a tidy. |
| dubiously | adv. -- of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction. |
| shamefacedly | adv. -- 1) modest or bashful, 2) showing shame: shamefaced apologies. |
| credulity | n. -- willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility |
| marred | v.t.-- to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather. |
| ill-gotten | adj. -- acquired by dishonest, improper, or evil means: ill-gotten gains. |
| prosaic | adj. -- commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. |
| betokened | v.t. -- to give evidence of; indicate: to betoken one's fidelity with a vow; a kiss that betokens one's affection. |
| frivolous | adj. -- characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct. |
| attribute | v.t. -- to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually fol. by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health. |
| coincidence | n. -- a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence. |
| avaricious | adj. -- characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous |
| disown | v.t. -- to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement. |
| scurrying | v.i. -- to go or move quickly or in haste. |
| bibulous | adj.-- fond of or addicted to drink. |
| resolution | n. -- a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. |
| apparel | n. -- clothing, esp. outerwear; garments; attire; |
| broach | to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject. |
| resignation | an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc.; submission; acquiescence: to meet one's fate with resignation |
| apathy | n.-- absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. |
| shudderingly | adv. -- trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc. |
| scarcely | adv. -- barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see. |
| audible | adj. -- capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard. |
| resounded | adj. -- uttered loudly: resounding speech. |
| appealingly | adv. -- evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive. |
| fusillade | n. -- a general discharge or outpouring of anything: a fusillade of questions. |
| reverberated | v.i. -- to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house. |
| foreshadowing | occurs when hints suggest future events in a story; creates suspense while preparing for what will come. |
| symbol | a person, place, object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself. |
| horror story/fiction | contains mysterious and often supernatural events that create terror. |
