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10617515135COMPUNCTIONa feeling of anxiety caused by regret for doing something wrong or causing pain0
10617515136EXACERBATEto increase the severity; aggravate1
10617515137AMELIORATEto make or become better or improve2
10617515138PLACATEto appease or pacify with concessions3
10617515139ASSUAGEto make milder; relieve; soothe, calm fears or anger4
10617515140VIABLE1. capable of living; 2. useful or effective5
10617515141DENIGRATEto attack the reputation of; to speak ill of6
10617515142VEHEMENTstrongly emotional; intense or passionate7
10617515143DELINEATEto portray in words; describe with precision8
10617515144INUREDmade tough by habitual exposure9
10617515145SALIENTprominent; of notable significance10
10617515146EXTOLto praise, to glorify11
10617515147ENERVATEto weaken; to reduce in vitality12
10617515148LACONICbrief and to the point13
10617515149VERBOSEwordy, long winded14
10617515150CACHETa mark of distinction; prestige15
10617515151ELICITto draw forth, bring out from some source16
10617515152OBSCUREunclear; not well known; partially hidden; hard to understand17
10617515153VISCERALInstinctive rather than rational18
10617515154QUINTESSENTIALthe most typical; ideal19
10617515155ELUCIDATEto clarify, explain20
10617515156FIATan official order, a decree21
10617515157SACROSCANTholy; too sacred to attack (often used ironically)22
10617515158WINDFALLunexpected good fortune23
10617515159ASCETICISMself-restraint; doctrine that claims renunciation of worldly pleasures allows one to achieve a higher spiritual state of being24
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