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- promontory
- n- a high point of land extending into water
- gingerly
- adj+adv- with extreme care or caution
- audacious
- adj- bold adventurous recklessly daring
- vie
- v- to complete to strive for victory or superiority
- blase
- adj- bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures;
- relecant
- adj- connected with or related to the matter at hand
- instill
- v- to add gradually to introduce or cause to be taken in
- obligue
- adj- slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
- venerate
- v- to regard with reverence look up to with great respect
- prodigal
- asj- wastefully extravagant lavishly or generously abundant -n- one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
- bountiful
- adj- giving freely, generous; pleniful, given abundantly
- grapple
- n- an iron hook used to grab and hold -v- to come to grips with wrestle or fight with
- sequel
- n- that which follows a result a literary wrok or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
- plausible
- adj- appearing true resonable or fair
- incapacitate
- v- to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible
- repercussion
- n- an effect or consequence of some action or even
- incognito
- adj+adv- in adisuised state -n- the state of eing disguised
- congested
- asj- overcrowded filled
- pseudonym
- n- a pen name name assumed by writer
- disdain
- v- to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully -n- a feeling contempt
- jostle
- v- to make or force ones way by pushing;to bump,shove
- churlish
- adj- lacking protileness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
- defect
- n- an imperfection flaw or blemish of some kind -v- to desert a cause or organization
- forthright
- adj- frank direct straightforward
- appartition
- n- a ghost or shostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
- citadel
- n- a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place
- longevity
- n- long life long duration length of life
- ostracize
- v- to exclude from a group send away
- assert
- v- to declare or stare as truth maintain or defend put forward forcefully
- rubble
- n- broken stone or bricks; ruins
- qualm
- n- a peng of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
- muster
- v- to bring together for service or battle; to gether or summon; to amount to comprise -n- a list of men for military service a gathering accumulation
- abashed
- adj- embarrassed ashamed
- exerpt
- b- a passage taken from a book, artical,ect -v-to take such a passage; to quote
- recourse
- n- a person or thing turned to for help or advice
- finesse
- n- delicate skill -v- to accomplish something by cleverness good judment or skillful evasion
- amass
- v- to bring together collect gather especially for oneself to come together assamble
- epitaph
- n- a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
- bonanza
- n- a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable,sudden profit or gain
- preturb
- v- to trouble make uneasy;
- obsess
- v- to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
- avowed
- adj- declared poenly and without shame, acknowledged
- elite
- n- the choice part of a group of people or things -adj-superior
- porous
- adj- full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
- intrigue
- n- crafty dealings underhanded plotting -v- to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
- articulate
- v- to pronounce distinctly to express well in words-adj- able to use language effectively expressed clearly and forcefully
- volatile
- adj- highly changeable fickle tending to become violent or explosive changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
- laggard
- n- a person who moves slowly or falls behing;-adj- falling behind; slow to move,act, or respond
- revert
- v- to return, go back
- invalidate
- v- to make valueless, take away all force or effect
- bask
- v- to be in or expose ineself to pleasant warmth to take peasure in or derive enjoyment from
- willful
- adj- stubbornly self-willed done on purpous deliberate
- glut
- v- to provide more than is needed or wanted to feed or fill to the point ot overstuffing
- discordant
- adj- disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicting
- tether
- n- a rope or chain used to fasted soemthign to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources -v- to fasted with a rope or chain
- wanton
- adj- reckless; heartless unjudtifable loose in morals -n- a spoiled pampered person one with low morals
- wrangle
- v-to quarrel or argue in a noisy,angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd;-n- a noisy quarrel
- grope
- v- to feel about hesitantly with he hands; to search blindly and uncertainly
- myriad
- adj- in very great numbers -n- a very great number
- solicitous
- adj- showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about somehting or someone
- maim
- v- to cripple disable injure mar disfigure mutilate
- plaudits
- n- applause; snthusiatic praise or approval
- durable
- adj- sutrdy not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
- resolute
- adj- bold
- unison
- n- a sounding together agreement or accord
- preclude
- v- to make impossible, prevent, shut out
- residue
- n- a remainder that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
- ethical
- adj- having to do with morals values right and wrong; in accordance with standars or right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
- nonentity
- n- a person or thing of no importance
- cower
- v- to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
- allot
- v- to assign or distribute in shares or portions
- instigate
- v- to urge on to stir up provoke start incite
- frivolous
- adj- of little importance not worthy of serious attention not meant seriously
- frugal
- adj- economical avoiding waste and luxury scanty poor meager
- ample
- adj- more than enough large spacious
- plebeian
- adj- common vulgat belonging to the lower class-n- a common person member of the lower class
- staid
- adj- serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
- hover
- v- to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around
- purge
- v- to wash away impurities clean up -n- the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively
- devoid
- adj- not having or using lacking
- antics
- n- ridculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
- deplore
- v- to feel or express regret or disapproval
- banter
- v- to exchange playful remarks, tease; -n- talk that is playful and teasing
- adage
- n-a proverb, wise saying
- proximity
- n- nearness closeness
- enterprising
- adj- energetic willing and able to start something new showing boldness and imagination
- perspective
- n- a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally
- decree
- n- an order handing the force of law -v- to issue suck an order, to command firmly or forcefully
- indiscriminate
- adj- without restraint or control; unselective
- veer
- v- to change direction or course suddenly turn aside shift swerve
- vigil
- n- a watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention
- retentive
- adj- able to hold keep or recall
- detriment
- n- harm or loss injury dmage
- prodigious
- adj- immense; exraordinary in bulk size or degree
- scapegoat
- n- a person or thing carrying the blame for others
- skittish
- adj- exremely nervous and easily frighteded
- facetious
- adj- humorous not meant seriously
- ornate
- adj- decorated showily splendid
- flaunt
- v- to wave or flutter showily to display in a conceited offensive way
- jurisdiction
- n- an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
- evolve
- v- to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level
- peruse
- v- to read thoroughly and carefully
- legendary
- adj- described in well-known stories rather than in real life
- sustain
- v- to support, nourish keep up to suffer, undergo; to bear up under withstand to affirm the validity of
- bolster
- v- to support, give a boost -n- a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
- comply
- v- to yield to a request or command
- collaborate
- n- to work together
- minimize
- v- to make as small as possible, amke the lease of; to make smaller than before
- rehabilitate
- v- to make over in good form
- premonition
- n- forewarning or forboding of a future event
- pulverize
- v- to grid or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
- oust
- v- to remove drive out of a position or place
- anguish
- n- great mental suffering distress or pain -v- to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow
- aghast
- adj- filled with amazement disgust fear or terror
- prone
- adj- laying face down inclined likely
- servile
- adj- of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant,menial
- annul
- v- to reduce to nothing
- genial
- adj- cordial pleasantly cheerful or warm
- inaudible
- adj- not able to be heard
- aloof
- adj- withdrawn standing apart from others