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- beneficence
- goodness or kindness
- philanthropy
- love for mankind
- bounty
- generosity
- succor
- to aid, help or relieve
- proffer
- to offer
- ameliorate
- to make better
- rectitude
- strict honesty
- compassion
- sympathy for another's trouble
- chaste
- pure; virtuous
- prudent
- cautious
- politic
- prudent
- civility
- politeness
- responsive
- reacting easily
- promptitude
- promptness
- alacrity
- quickness
- scintillation
- sparkling
- sagacity
- shrewdness of judgment
- oracular
- prophetic
- prescience
- foresight
- frugal
- economical
- particularity
- a characteristic quality
- beatitude
- perfect happiness
- blithe
- joyful; merry
- gambol
- to frolic
- ebullition
- a boiling over
- rapt
- completely absorbed
- convivial
- festive
- amiable
- likable, pleasant
- sanguine
- optimistic
- regale
- to feast or entertain royally
- windfall
- an unexpected legacy
- jubilee
- a time of festivity
- heyday
- a time of greatest strength
- huzza
- loud shout of joy
- wroth
- angry
- crabbed
- cross
- rancor
- deep resentment
- rankle
- to trouble the mind with lingering distress or pain
- acrimony
- biting sharpness of speech or manner
- antipathy
- strong dislike
- seethe
- to boil over
- huff
- a fit of anger and resentment
- bluster
- to blow or speak with stormy violence
- rant
- to talk in a loud wild way
- tirade
- a long angry speech with violent words
- wrangle
- to dispute angrily
- bicker
- to squabble over trifles
- pommel
- to beat or strike usually with fists
- thwack
- to beat or strike with something heavy
- predispose
- to incline beforehand
- predilection
- preference; partiality
- advocate
- to recommend or support for
- corroborate
- to confirm by giving evidence
- vindicate
- to clear from blame
- emulate
- to attempt to equal or excel
- venerate
- to revere
- extol
- to praise highly
- adulation
- excessive praise or flattery
- repute
- reputation or favor
- adjudge
- to decide officially
- accredit
- to authorize
- testimonial
- a token of gratitude
- auspices
- patronage
- humdrum
- dull
- apathy
- indifference
- ennui
- a feeling of weariness
- disconsolate
- cheerless
- dolor
- mental suffering
- somber
- dark
- qualm
- a sudden feeling of uneasiness
- pother
- a bustle mixed with confusion
- discompose
- to agitate the order of
- appall
- to horrify
- consternation
- dismay
- tremulous
- trembling
- abase
- to humble
- debase
- to lower or reduce in quality, value or dignity
- degrade
- to lower in rank
- disparage
- to speak slidingly of
- deprecate
- to plead earnestly against
- contemn
- to view or treat with lack of respect
- flout
- to mock; scorn
- discredit
- to disbelieve
- sully
- to defile
- contumely
- contemptuous; insulting language
- revile
- to speak abusively of
- scathing
- fiercely severe
- accede
- to agree or consent
- acquiesce
- to consent
- ally
- to unite, join, or relate
- identify
- to establish the identity of
- unison
- sounding the same notes at the same time
- complaisance
- willingness to please
- affinity
- attraction
- crony
- an old friend
- consort
- to keep company with
- tryst
- a secret meeting
- connubial
- having to do with marriage
- appease
- to pacify
- wheedle
- to coax usually by flattery or soft words
- curry
- to flatter in order to win favor
- captivate
- to fascinate or charm
- importune
- to request urgently
- badger
- to nag
- goad
- to urge on
- browbeat
- to bully with harsh words
- domineer
- to rule over tyrannically
- intimidate
- to make timid or afraid
- subjugate
- to subdue or conquer
- capitulate
- to give up or surrender
- submission
- the act of surrendering
- deference
- a yielding to someone's desires or opinions because of respect
- obeisance
- a gesture of courtesy
- volition
- the exercise of will
- duress
- compulsion or illegal force
- perforce
- of or through necessity
- compulsory
- required
- peremptory
- decisive or absolute
- incendiary
- causing fire
- convoke
- to call together
- evoke
- to call out or summon
- militant
- aggressive
- conscript
- one who is drafted into military service
- fray
- a fight or brawl
- insurrection
- a revolt
- joust
- a combat on horseback
- ambuscade
- an ambush or attack from a concealed position
- reprisal
- a retaliation for an injury received
- phalanx
- a close formation of infantry
- citadel
- a fortress or stronghold
- broadside
- the broad surface of an object
- cudgel
- a club
- truncheon
- a short thick club
- breech
- the rear part of a gun
- pecuniary
- involving money
- capital
- invested funds
- farthing
- a small British coin no longer in use
- ruble
- a silver coin that is the monetary unit in Russia
- scrip
- paper substitute for money
- bullion
- bars of gold or silver
- opulence
- wealth
- lucre
- riches or money
- usury
- lending money with unlawfully high interest rates
- arrears
- a debt that is behind in payment
- exchequer
- the treasurer of a country
- excise
- a tax on merchandise
- impost
- a tax on imported goods
- realty
- real estate
- commissary
- a store for food and supplies
- patron
- a sponsor
- patrimony
- something inherited from ones father
- primogeniture
- the state of being the first born child
- travail
- hard work
- grub
- larvae of an insect
- stint
- a share of a task
- respite
- an interval of rest
- fabricate
- to build or construct
- efficacy
- the power to produce effects
- arduous
- difficulty
- grueling
- exhausting
- straits
- distressing situation
- rigor
- inflexibility
- assiduity
- painstaking care
- hardihood
- boldness
- surmount
- to overcome
- fortnight
- the period of 2 weeks
- diurnal
- having to do with the daytime
- biennial
- happening every 2 years
- eventual
- after a long time
- interminable
- tiresomely drawn out
- procrastinate
- to delay or put off until a future time
- perpetuate
- to cause to continue
- inveterate
- deep rooted
- bide
- to wait for
- elapse
- to slip by or pass
- extant
- still in existence
- perspective
- the art of drawing in 3 dimensions
- tawny
- light brown or tan
- sable
- the color black
- vermilion
- bright red
- kaleidoscope
- a tube with mirrors and colored glass rotated to produce patterns
- arabesque
- a decoration of flowing lines gracefully intertwined
- edifice
- a large building
- pavilion
- a large tent used for entertainment
- apse
- an arched or domed recess in building usually in a church
- pilaster
- a rectangular pillar attached to a wall
- balustrade
- a row of posts and the railing they support
- jetty
- a pier or structure in the water to break waves
- sluice
- artificial channel or passage for water
- mortar
- a building material made by mixing lime, plaster, and cement with sand and water
- macadam
- a paving material made of small broken stones
- burnish
- to polish
- anneal
- to strengthen and temper by heating and cooling
- cowl
- a hooded garment
- ruff
- an elaborate collar worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
- brocade
- a fabric woven with a raised design
- layette
- a complete outfit for a newborn baby
- preen
- to smooth, trim, or adorn oneself
- crimp
- to make wavy
- plait
- a braid
- swathe
- to bind
- tiara
- a crown
- brooch
- an ornamental pin
- pendant
- a hanging ornament
- gewgaw
- a showy but worthless trinket
- trappings
- embellishments
- commode
- a portable wash-stand
- coffer
- a chest
- bassinet
- a large basket used as a baby's bed
- arras
- a rich tapestry
- matting
- an interwoven coarse fabric
- pewter
- an alloy of tin or other metals
- gear
- clothing, equipment, or apparatus for a particular task
- quoit
- an iron or rope ring used for a throwing game
- sustenance
- a means of support; nourishment
- nurture
- to nourish
- nutrition
- food
- alimentary
- relating to food or nutrition
- repast
- a meal
- succulence
- juiciness
- ambrosia
- food of the gods
- pottage
- a stew
- sweetbread
- the pancreas or thymus of a calf when used as food
- claret
- red table wine
- decant
- to pour liquid gently to keep from disturbing the sediment
- frizzle
- to sizzle or fry
- trencher
- a wooden plate for eating or serving food
- tankard
- a tall, one-handed drinking vessel
- agrarian
- relating to agriculture
- pastoral
- pertaining to the peaceful lives of shepherds
- husbandry
- farming
- arable
- suitable for plowing
- mattock
- a tool for digging
- flail
- a primitive wooden instrument used for threshing wheat
- grist
- grain that has been or is about to be ground
- sty
- a pen for pigs
- lea
- a meadow
- nosegay
- a small bouquet
- conifer
- cone-bearing tree
- node
- a knob or swelling
- pimpernel
- a plant of the primrose family