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- abeyance
- n. suspended action, inactivity, dormant, latent
- opprobrium
- n.infamy, vilification, evil
- platitude
- n. trite remark, common statement
- exculpate
- v. clear from blame
- morose
- adj. ill-humored, sullen, meloncholy
- quiescent
- adj. at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive
- decorum
- n. proper, orderliness and good taste in manners
- reproach
- v. express disapproval/disappointment
- aver
- v. state as fact, confirm, support
- fervor
- n. glowing ardor, intensity of feeling, passion
- perfunctory
- adj. superficial, not thorough, lacking interest care or enthusiasm
- desiccate
- v. dry up
- precipitate
- adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden
- repudiate
- v. disown, disavow
- inured
- adj. accustomed, hardened
- capricious
- adj. fickle
- inadvertently
- adj. unintentionally, by oversight, carelessly
- precarious
- adj. uncertain, risky
- esoteric
- adj. hard to understand, known only to chosen few
- propensity
- n. natural inclination
- imperturbable
- adj. calm, placid
- propriety
- n. fitness, correct conduct
- approbation
- n. approval or praise
- reprobate
- n. person hardened by sin, devoid of a sense of decency
- torpor
- n. lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
- propitiate
- v. appease
- insipid
- adj. lacking in flavor, dull
- tirade
- n. extended scolding, denunciation, harangue
- inchoate
- adj. recently begun, rudimentary, elementary
- castigation
- n. punishment, severe criticism
- intrasigence
- n. refusal of any compromise, stubborn
- stolid
- adj. dull, impassive