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- edifice
- a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance
- invariably
- not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant
- ponderous
- of great weight; heavy; massive
- congenial
- ageeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature of character
- inauspicious
- ill omened; unfavorable; unpropitious
- physiognomy
- facial features, esp. when regarded as revealing character
- indubitably
- too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable
- abashed
- ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted
- ignominy
- disgrace; dishonor; public contempt
- spectral
- of or pertaining to a specter (ghost); ghostly; phantom
- abate
- to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen; diminish
- efficacy
- capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectivness
- requital
- 1) a justly deserved penalty;
2) the act of returning in kind
- expostulation
- an earnest and kindly protest; remonstrance; objection
- retribution
- something justly derserved; recompense
- inscrutable
- incapable of being analyzed or scrutinized; impenetrable
- contumacious
- stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient
- exigency
- a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy; emergency
- eldritch
- eerie; weird; spooky
- inimical
- unfriendly; hostile
- importunate
- urgent or persisting in asking or demanding; refusing to be denied; insistent
- commodiousness
- condition of having plenty of room; spaciousness
- palliate
- to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate
- somniferous
- brining or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences; soporific
- abstruse
- hard to understand; incomprehensible; esoteric
- erudition
- learning acquired by reading and study; scholarship
- scurrilous
- vulgar, indecent, abusive
- impalpable
- incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible
- accost
- to confront boldly
approach with a question mark
- propensity
- natural inclination or tendency
- propinquity
- nearness in place; proximity
nearness of relation; kinship
affinity of nature; similarity
nearness in time
- deleterious
- harmful or causing injury
- asperity
- harshness or sharpness in temper
- scintilating
- sparkling, bright, witty
- misanthropy
- distrust or hatred of people
- effluence
- the action or process of flowing out; efflux
- vicissitude
- a change or variation occuring in the course of something
- obeisance
- repectful submission or yielding to another's judgment or opinion; homage; deference
