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Cordial
Cordial greetings
courteous and gracious; friendly; warm
Lambaste v 1
John proctor lambastes Tituba with a spiky whip in order to force her to confess the conjuring she had done
to beat or whip severely.
Forestall
To forestall a rut by deploying the police
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
Meritorious
To receive a reward for meritorious service
deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy
Insinuate
He insinuated that they were lying
to suggest or hint slyly
Lassitude
To work at night with lassitude
weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
Perfunctory
Studying and learning should be perfunctory for high school students
performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial
Mollify
To mollify a crying child
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
Affable
Affable and courteous woman
pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
Confide
She confides no one but her husband
to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in ):
Fastidious
A fastidious eater is picky
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
Licentious
The only thing co-opted is the date, which was used to try and entice the pagans from their rather licentious festivities.
sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd
Cynical
A cynical accident that killed her motives to succeed
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
Histrionic adj
Histrionic acting / activism after an accident
of or pertaining to actors or acting.
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
Incur
to incur into big debts
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):