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- Boisterous
- (adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited
- discredit
- (v.) to throw doubt upon, cause to be distrusted; to damage in reputation; (n.) a loss or lack of belief, confidence, or reputation
- acquit
- (v.) to declare not guilty, free from blame, discharge completely; to conduct or behave oneself, pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- Conserve
- (v.) to preserve; to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; to save
- headstrong
- (adj.) willful, stubborn
- Induce
- (v.) to cause, bring about; to persuade
- plight
- (n.) a sorry condition or state; (v.) to pledge, promise solemnly
- Riemburse
- (v.) to pay back; to give payment for
- Befuddle
- (v.) to confuse, make stupid
- reverie
- (n.) a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
- mortal
- (n.) a being that must eventually die; (adj.) of or relating to such a being; causing death, fatal; possible, conceivable
- numb
- (adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling
- Agenda
- (n.) the program for a meeting; a list, outline, or plan of things to be considered or done
- synopsis
- (n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary
- Partisan
- (n.) a stronge supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is unreasoning; a resistance fighter, guerrilla; (adj.) strongly supporting one side only
- bungle
- (v.) to act or work clumsy and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
- Maze
- (n.) a network of pass through which is hard to hide one's way; something very mixed up and confusing
- refute
- (v.) to prove incorrect
- Leeway
- (n.) extra space for moving along a certain route; allowance for mistakes or inaccuracies; margin of error
- repent
- (v.) to feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do
- strife
- (n.) bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle
- idolize
- (v.) to worship as an idol, make an idol of; to love very much
- Blight
- (n.) a disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin; (v.) to destroy ruin
- facet
- (n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem
- inhabitant
- (n.) a human or an animal living permanently in a given place
- tarry
- (v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
- ovation
- (n.) an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause
- Oracle
- (n.) someone or something that can predict the future
- fray
- (n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate
- devastate
- (v.) to destroy, lay waste, leave in ruins
- pacify
- (v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
- Limber
- (adj.) flexable; (v.) to cause to become flexable
- bluster
- (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threating way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening
- Debut
- (n.) a first public apperance; a formal entrance into sociaty; (v.) to make a first apperance
- topple
- (v.) to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall of
- elusive
- (adj.) difficult to catch or to hold; hard to expain or understand
- revocation
- (n.) an act or instance of calling back, an annulment, cancellation
- fidelity
- (n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness
- petty
- (adj.) unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor
- smug
- (adj.) overly self-righteous
- ravenous
- (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
- Gory
- (adj.) marked by bloodish, slaughter, or violence
- Clarity
- (n.) clearness, accuracy
- strand
- (n.) a beach or shore; a string of wire, hair, etc.; (v.) to drive or run aground; to leave in a hopeless position
- Vagabond
- (n.) an idle wanderer; a tramp (adj.) wandering; irresponsible
- commentary
- (n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion
- deem
- (v.) to think, believe; to consider, have an opinion
- remorse
- (n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience
- setback
- (n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step like recession in a wall
- eerie
- (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
- Vacate
- (v.) to go away from' leave empty; to make empty; to void, annul
- generate
- (v.) to bring into existence; to be the cause of
- Compliant
- (adj.) willing to do what someone else wants; obedient
- duration
- (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts
- Gross
- (adj.) overwieght; coarse, vulgar; very noticeable; total; (n.) an overall total; 12 dozen; (v.) to earn
- ingratitude
- (n.) a lack of thankfulness
- Amiable
- (adj.) friendly, good-natured
- keepsake
- (n.) something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir
- acute
- (adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for short time
- scan
- (v.) to examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem; (n.) an examination