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Acrimony
(N) bitterness or ill-feeling
Inured
Accustomed to
Interreterate
(Adj) having a particular habit or interest that is unlikely to change; persistent
Timorous
(Adj) showing or suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence
Cow
(V) to cause someone to submit to ones wishes by intimidation
Astute
(Adj) having or showing ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this into one’s advantage
Execrable
(Adj) extremely bad or unpleasant
Libel
(N) a published false statement that is damaging to someone’s reputation
(V) defame by publishing a libel
Lambasting
Harsh criticism
Genteel
(Adj) characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement or respectability
Predixate
(V) 1. State, affirm or assert about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition
2. Found based on something
Extirpate
(V) destroy completely
Convenant
(N) an agreement
V) to agree (by lease, deal or other legal contract
Enshrine
(V) to place I’m an appropriate receptacle