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| acrimony (noun) | bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility |
| acrimonious (adj) | hostile; bitter |
| affinity (noun) | attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship |
| ambivalent (adj) | having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive |
| ambivalence (noun) | indecisiveness; mixed feelings |
| cessation (noun) | a stopping, either final or temporary |
| emaciated (adj) | very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny |
| enclave (noun) | a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory |
| engender (verb) | to bring into being, to produce |
| exacerbate (verb) | to make more severe, bitter or violent |
| illicit (adj) | not allowed, improper, or unlawful |
| indigenous (adj) | naturally living or growing in a certain area; native |
| inexorable (adj) | not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless |
| infatuated (adj) | filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire |
| infatuation (noun) | feeling of shallow love or desire |
| insatiable (adj) | never satisfied; greedy |
| poignant (adj) | painfully moving, affecting, or touching |
| proselytize (verb) | to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause |
| elicit (verb) | to bring or draw out |
| ameliorate (verb) | to make better; to become better; to improve |
| baleful (adj) | expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous |
| berate (verb) | to criticize vigorously; to scold vehemently |
| circumvent (verb) | to avoid through craftiness |
| compunction (noun) | a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt |
| condone (verb) | to overlook or accept without punishment; to pardon or excuse |
| diminutive (adj) | very small; tiny |
| euphemism (noun) | a polite term used to avoid directly naming something offensive (e.g., "passed away" for "die") |
| expendable (adj) | able to be used up and then discarded or replaced |
| heresy (noun) | the expression of shocking or unacceptable views |
| heretical (adj) | shocking, unacceptable |
| infirmity (noun) | physical or mental weakness or defect |
| infirm (noun) | weak or feeble |
| infirmary (noun) | place (like a hospital) to treat the weak or feeble or ill |
| profane (verb) | to treat with scorn or irreverence |
| profane (adj) | 1. disrespectful of sacred things 2. not connected with religion; worldly |
| profanity (noun) | disrespectful, rude talk (or swearing) |
| recompense (verb) | to pay or compensate |
| recompense (noun) | a payment; a compensation |
| repast (noun) | food and drink; a meal |
| servitude (noun) | a lack of freedom; forced labor |
| castigate (verb) | To punish by criticizing sharply; to berate |
| colloquial (adj) | Characterized by informal language |
| colloquialism (noun) | informal language |
| epitaph (noun) | The words carved on a tombstone in memory of the deceased |
| exodus (noun) | A mass departure |
| inter (verb) | To put in a grave; to bury |
| interment (noun) | a place where person is held (possibly in prison-like quarters) |
| lacerate (verb) | To tear or cut roughly |
| laceration (noun) | A cut or tear |
| largesse (noun) | The act of giving generously; gifts |
| obituary (noun) | Notice of someone's death, such as in a newspaper, usually with a brief summary of the person's life |
| omnivorous (adj) | 1. Eating all kinds of food, including both animal and vegetable food 2. Taking in everything available |
| permeate (verb) | To spread throughout; to pass through |
| rendition (noun) | An interpretation or translation; a performance |
| resurgence (noun) | A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; a revival |
| stereotype (noun) | A generalization that is used to characterize a person without acknowledging individual differences |
| stereotype (verb) | To make judgements that ignore individual differences |
| stipend (noun) | A regular and fixed amount of pay for work done or to help cover living or work expenses |
| subservient (adj) | Serving or acting in a subordinate manner; servile |
| adjacent (adj) | Near or next to; adjoining |
| beset (verb) | 1. To surround or to attact repeatedly 2. To trouble or weigh down |
| cede (verb) | To give up or transfer, especially by treaty or formal agreement |
| circuitous (adj) | Roundabout; indirect |
| desultory (adj) | Proceeding or carried out in an aimless or random way |
| galvanize (verb) | To excite or arouse action |
| implement (noun) | A tool or instrument |
| implement (verb) | To carry out |
| inconsequential (adj) | Lacking importance or worth; unable to make an impact; trivial |
| magnitude (noun) | Greatness of size, power, or influence |
| materialize (verb) | 1. To become real or actual 2. To appear in physicial form, especially suddenly |
| muster (noun) | A gathering, usually of military forces |
| muster (verb) | To summon or call forth; to gather |
| prohibitive (adj) | Serving to restrain action or discourage use of |
| reminisce (verb) | To think or talk about one's past |
| reminiscence (noun) | The act of remembering; a recollection |
| reminiscent (adj) | Suggestive of something else |
| vanguard (noun) | Leading or forward position in a movement |
| visionary (noun) | A person who is given to ideas that are not currently realistic; a dreamer |
| visionary (adj) | Able to see what might be accomplished in the future |
