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quixotic (adj) kwick-SAH-tick

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Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

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olio (n) O-lee-o

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a miscellaneous mixture; hodgepodge

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priggish (adj) PRIG-ish

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self-righteously moralistic and superior; narrow-minded

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punctilious (adj) punk-TIL-ee-uhs

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Strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions

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bootless (adj) BOOT-less

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Without result, gain, or advantage; unavailing; useless

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feckless (adj) FEK-less

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Ineffective; incompetent; futile; Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy

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puckish (adj) PUK-ish

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Mischievous; impish

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wry (adj) WRY

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Distorted or lopsidedness; Playful funny; Abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked; Devious in course or purpose; misdirected; Contrary; perverse; Distorted or perverted as in meaning

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puritanical (adj) pyoo-ri-TAN-i-kuhl

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Very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere

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partisan (n) PAR-ti-zen

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An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance

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taciturn (adj) TAS-i-turn

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Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation

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turbid (adj) TUR-bid

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Not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured; Thick or dense as smoke or clouds; Confused; muddled; disturbed

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addlepated (adj) ADD-l-pay-ted

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Stupid and confused

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grandiloquent (adj) gran-DILL-oh-kwent

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Relating to lofty speech, esp. to the point of being pompous, overblown, bombastic

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mélange (n) mey-LANZH

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A mixture; medley

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tremulous (adj) TREM-yoo-luss

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(of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness; timid, timorous, fearful;(of things) vibratory, shaking, or quivering;(of writing) done with a trembling hand

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chary (adj) CHAIR-ee

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Cautious or careful, wary; shy, timid; fastidious, choosy; sparing (often followed by of)

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Desuetude (n) DES-wi-tood or DES-wi-tyood

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The state of being no longer used or practised

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risible (adj) RIZZ-uh-bull

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Causing or capable of causing laughter, laughable, ludicrous; having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh; pertaining to or connected with laughing

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verdant (adj) VER-duhnt

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Green, such as with vegetation, plants, grass, etc.; young and inexperienced

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convivial (adj) kuhn-VIV-ee-yuhl

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Friendly, agreeable, a convivial atmosphere; fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company, jovial; of or befitting a feast; festive

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triage (n, adj, verb) tree-AHZH

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The process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors (n); the determination of priorities for action in an emergency; of, pertaining to, or performing the task of triage (adj): a triage officer; (used with object) to act on or in by triage: to triage a crisis (verb)

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uncouth (adj) uhn-KOOTH

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Awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly (Think of Cousin Ed on National Lampoons); strange and ungraceful in appearance or form; unusual or strange

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putative (adj) PYOO-tuh-tiv

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Commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed; purported

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myrmidon (n) MUR-mi-don or MUR-mi-d’n

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A person who executes without question or scruple a master’s commands

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wizened (n) WIZZ-end

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Withered, shriveled

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gallivant (adj) GAL-uh-vant or gal-uh-VANT

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To wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion, gad; to go about with members of the opposite sex

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artifice (n) AR-tuh-fiss

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A clever trick or stratagem, a cunning, crafty device or expedient, wile; trickery, guile, craftiness; cunning, ingenuity, inventiveness; a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient

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pedant (n) PED-int

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Person who pays excessive attention to book learning and rules, or who uses his or her learning to show off

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dissipation (n) dis-uh-PAY-shuhn

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A wasting by misuse; mental distraction; amusement, diversion; dissolute way of living, especially excessive drinking of liquor; intemperance

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profligate (adj; n) PROH-fli-git or PROH-fli-gayt

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Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated, thoroughly dissolute; recklessly prodigal or extravagant (adj); a person of such character

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trenchant (adj) TREN-chint

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Forceful or vigorous, effective, keen; caustic, sharp

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parlous (adj; adv) PAR-luss

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Perilous, dangerous (adj); to a large extent, greatly (adv)

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trundle (verb) TRUN-dull

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to cause (a circular object) to roll along, roll; to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; to cause to rotate, twirl, spin; to roll along; to move or run on a wheel or wheels or in a wheeled vehicle; to move or walk with a rolling gait

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sangfroid (n) sahn-FRAW

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Coolness of mind, calmness, composure

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appose (verb) uh-POHZ

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To place side by side, as two things, place next to, juxtapose; to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another

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eremite (n) er-uh-MITE

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A hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow

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turpitude (n) TER-pit-ood

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Depravity, bseness of character, corrupt or depraved acts

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paragon (n) PAR-uh-gon or PAR-uh-gahn

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A model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence; someone of exceptional merit; an unusually large, round pearl

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ignomious (adj) ig-nuh-MIN-ee-uss

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Marked by or attended with ignominy (disgrace, dishonor, public contempt), discreditable; bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible

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quisling (n) KWIZ-ling

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A person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; fifth columnist

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flagitious (adj) fla-JISH-uss

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Shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times; heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous

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callow (adj; n) KAL-oh

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Immature or inexperienced; (of a young bird) featherless, unfledged (adj); a recently hatched worker ant (n)

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amity (n) AM-i-tee

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Friendship, peaceful harmony; mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord

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debauchment (n) dih-BAWCH-ment

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A period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence; an uninhibited spree or party; orgy

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protean (adj) PROH-tee-uhn or pro-TEE-uhn

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Readily assuming different forms or characters, extremely variable; changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba; (of an actor or actress) versatile, able to play many kinds of roles

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arcadian (adj) ar-KAY-dee-uhn

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Rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment

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parochial (adj) puh-ROH-kee-uhl

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Of or pertaining to a parish or parishes; of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide; very limited or narrow in scope or outlook, provincial

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hinterland (n) HIN-ter-land

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The remote or less developed parts of a country, back country; the land lying behind a coastal region; an area or sphere of influence in the unoccupied interior claimed by the state possessing the coast; an inland area supplying goods, especially trade goods, to a port

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spartan (adj) SPAHR-t’n

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Sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; brave, undaunted

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deft (adj) DEFT

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Dexterous, nimble, skillful, clever

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in cahoot (idom) kuh-HOOT

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In partnership; in league, in conspiracy

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disinterested (adj) dis-IN-tuh-res-tid or dis-IN-tri-stid

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Unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives

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fulmination (n) fuhl-muh-NAY-shun

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A violent denunciation or censure; violent explosion

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aspersion (n) uh-SPER-zhuhn or uh-SPER-shun

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A damaging or derogatory remark or criticism, slander; the act of slandering, vilification, defamation, calumniation, derogation; the act of sprinkling, as in baptism

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muckrake (verb) MUHK-rake

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To search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics

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agog (adj) uh-GOG

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Highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation

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sanctimonious (adj) sangk-tuh-MOH-nee-uss

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Making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

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effete (adj) ih-FEET

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Lacking in wholesome vigor, degenerate, decadent; exhausted of vigor or energy, worn out; unable to produce, sterile

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tepid(adj) TEP-id

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Moderately warm, lukewarm; characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm

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saturnine (adj) SAT-er-nine

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Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, taciturn; suffering from lead poisoning, as a person; due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders

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scurvy (adj) SKER-vee

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Contemptible, mean

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shyster (n) SHY-ster

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A lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods; a person who gets along by petty, sharp practices; con man

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quack (n) KWAK

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A fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill; a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan

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dally (verb) DAL-ee

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To waste time, loiter, delay; to act playfully, especially in an amorous or flirtatious way; to play mockingly; trifle

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sobriquet (n) SOH-brick-ay or soh-brick-AY

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A nickname

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appellation (n) ap-uh-LAY-shun

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A name, title, or designation

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abjured (verb) ab-JOOR

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To renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity, recant

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gibe (verb; n) JIBE

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To utter mocking or scoffing words, jeer; to taunt, deride (verb); a taunting or sarcastic remark (n)

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fatuous (adj) FACH-oo-uss

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Foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; unreal, illusory

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fealty (n) FEE-uhl-tee

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fidelity, faithfulness

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wag (n) WAG

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A person given to droll, roguish, or mischievous humor, wit

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loaf (verb) LOHF

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To idle away time; to lounge or saunter lazily and idly

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plum (adj) PLUM

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Extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like

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flummox (verb) FLUHM-uhks

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To bewilder, confound, confuse

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meretricious (adj) mair-uh-TRISH-uss

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Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way, tawdry; deceptive

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equanimity (n) ek-wuh-NIM-i-tee or ee-kwuh-NIM-i-tee

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Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium

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palliate (verb) PAL-ee-ayt

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To relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate, alleviate; to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate

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melancholy (n) MEL-uhn-kol-ee

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A gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged, depression; sober thoughtfulness, pensiveness

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morose (adj) muh-ROHSS

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Gloomy, sullen

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