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Boisterous
Ash; noisy energetic; rowdy
Beseech
V: ask urgently and fervently to do something; implore
Brine
N; a solution of salt and water which food is preserved in
Calamity
N; an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster
Dote
V; be extremely and uncritically fond of
Effeminate
Ask; of a man showing or having characteristics usually seen as feminine
Eloquence
N; fluent of persuasive speaking or writing
Enmity
N; state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile
Jest
N; thing said or done for amusement; jokes
Lament
N: passionate expression of grief or sorrow
Languish
V; person) lose or lack of vitality: grow weak or feeble
Loathe
V; feel intense dislike or disgust for
Propagate
V; spread and promote widely (idea)
Purge
V; rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory or condition
Quench
V; satisfy (one’s thirst) by drinking