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- cleft
- split or divided (past tense of to cleave)
- cynical
- suspicious of others' motives; negative and pessimistic; callously selfish
- castellated
- like a castle
- pall
- a cover for a coffin; a gloomy effect or atmosphere
- auspicious
- favorable circumstances
- depreciate
- to lessen the price for value of; to belittle
- calumnious
- slanderous; defamatory; malicious
- filial
- pertaining to a son or daughter
- dominion
- sovereignty; a territory of influence or control; a supreme authority
- quandary
- a state of uncertainty of perplexity
- dire
- fraught with danger; nearly hopeless; desperate
- equivocation
- [pretty close to a flat-out lie] an intentionally vague or ambiguous statement
- subversive
- (adj.) intending to overthrow or undermine an established government .(noun) one who advocates subversion
- encompass
- to enclose or envelope or surround
- qualms
- reluctance, reservations
- infuse
- to fill or cause to be filled
- avaricious
- greedy
- nonchalant
- careless, coolly unconcerned
- lilting
- cheerful or lively manner of speaking
- requiem
- a mass for a dead person
- droll
- amusingly odd; whimsically comical
- contrition
- sincere remorse for wrongdoing; penitence
- rapt
- deeply absorbed; engrossed; enraptured
- rueful
- feeling of sorrow or regret for sins or offenses
- antithesis
- the direct opposite; [a figure of speech] a contradiction that establishes a work's theme
- crystalline
- resembling crystal; transparent or distinct of structure or outline
- Prodigal
- wastefully extravagant
- collateral
- property acceptable as security for a loan. secondary; subordinate (e.g., collateral damage)
- expostulate
- to reason with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct
- Peruse
- to read or examine, typically with great care
- felicity
- happiness; bliss
- entreat
- to ask for earnestly (sincerely)
- coalesce
- to grow together; to fuse; to unite
- opaque
- impenetrable by light, dense or obscure
- Proficient
- having an advanced degree or level of competence
- provocative
- tending to provoke or stimulate
- behoove
- to be necessary or proper
- pulsate
- to contract and expand rhythmically; beat
- jocund
- cheerful or lighthearted in disposition or quality, full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- amiss
- improper; defective; faulty
- Pervasive
- having the ability to spread throughout
- myriad
- constituting of a large, indefinite number
- blasé
- uninterested because of frequent exposure; nonchalant
- despotic
- possessing and abusing unlimited power
- Portentous
- full of unspecified significance; ominous
- Pedagogical
- characterized by pedantic formality; academically snobbish
- Precept
- a rule of conduct
- belie
- to show to be false; to picture falsely
- circumvent
- to avoid or get around by artful maneuvering
- desultory
- occurring haphazardly; random
- reiterate
- to repeat; to say again repeatedly
- garish
- loud and flashy; gaudy
- Perdition
- eternal damnation; loss of the soul
- dearth
- a scarce supply; a lack; a shortage
- nascent
- coming in to existence, emerging
- suave
- smoothly agreeable, courteous