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- bait
- to entice especially by trickery or strategy
- contaminate
- to make impure
- confound
- to confuse or perplex
- vulgar
- common; obscene
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- allege
- To say something is true without proof
- surly
- unfriendly or hostile; bad-tempered
- guile
- skill or cleverness in tricking or deceiving people
- visage
- the face or facial expression of a person
- malice
- Evil intent
- semblance
- outward appearance
- slight
- to treat discourteously or with inattention
- eminence
- high state of superiority
- disperse
- scatter in different directions
- saucy
- disrespectful; presumptuous
- tempest
- storm
- pulpit
- a raised a platform
- levy
- to impose or collect
- portentous
- ominous; foreboding
- pliant
- flexible; bending easily
- bestow
- To present as a gift
- nefarious
- Full of evil
- procure
- to obtain
- purge
- to rid of impurities; cleanse
- esoteric
- only understood by a few
- chasm
- A big crack in the earth's surface
- insurrection
- open revolt against the government
- eradicate
- to destroy down to the roots
- discourse
- to talk; communicate
- covet
- To desire
- nadir
- lowest point
- stupor
- mental paralysis where nothing is said or done
- animosity
- An attitude of hostility
- enfranchise
- To free
- resurrect
- to bring back into use
- valiant
- boldly couragous; brave
- vexation
- annoyance
- suffice
- to meet the present needs or requirement
- censure
- to criticize; blame
- felicity
- happiness
- construe
- to explain or interpret
- sagacity
- wisdom coupled with good judgment
- uttermost
- by the greatest amount or degree possible
- melancholy
- thoughtful or gentile sadness
- endure
- To put up with something unpleasant
- dismember
- to cut, tear, or pull the limbs off of; to divide into parts
- derision
- mockery
- apprehensive
- uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
- prodigious
- Extremely large
- disjoin
- separate
- ponderous
- of great weight or awkward
- unassailable
- not debatable
- magnanimous
- Generous
- cognizance
- conscious knowledge or recognition
- desolate
- deserted
- orator
- an eloquent and skilled public speaker
- unkempt
- not properly maintained
- vile
- repulsive or disgusting
- alacrity
- agility
- capricious
- impulsive
- insipid
- lack in flavor and excitement
- rash
- acting too hastliy or without thinking
- repentant
- expressive of apology
- plethora
- surplus
- throng
- a group of people
- chide
- to scold mildly
- bondage
- force into slavery
- mulatto
- of mixed white and black ancestry
- tarry
- to remain or linger
- scurrilous
- foul-mouthed
- apparition
- ghost
- replication
- echo; copy
- mettle
- courage; spirit
- clandestine
- done without public knowledge
- decree
- authoritative order having the force of law
- constancy
- steadfastness; faithfulness
- encumber
- to weigh down
- spurn
- To reject with disdain
- nimble
- quick on one's feet
- rogue
- a vagrant, scoundrel, or rascal
- immunity
- freedom from something bad
- evanescent
- disappearing after a short time
- juggernaut
- a force that destroys anything in its path
- beseech
- To beg
- legacy
- passed down;tradition
- augment
- make bigger
- repose
- A state of rest or sleep
- lethargy/lethargic
- A state of being without movement
- coffer
- a treasury; public funds
- forlorn
- lonely or unhappy
- vanquish
- to overcome
- diligence
- persistent and hard-working effort in doing something
- odious
- highly offensive
- glower
- to stare at with anger
- adamant
- extremely hard (as a personality trait)
- wily
- skilled at using tricks to deceive people
- elucidate
- to make clear by explaining
- insufferably
- In a way that is too much to bear
- effeminate
- acting like or imitating girls
- redress
- to set right or make amends