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8112095316Perforceby physical coercion0
8112095317Dullarda slow or stupid person.1
8112095394Indiscretionbehavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgment.2
8112097558Embossedcarve, mold, or stamp (a design) in relief on a surface or object.3
8112097559Chidescold or rebuke.4
8112097560Superfluousunnecessary, especially through being more than enough.5
8112097561Contentiouscausing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.6
8112099461Tempesta violent windy storm.7
8112099462Quagmirean awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.8
8112101736Penduloushanging down loosely.9
8112101737Empathythe ability to understand and share the feelings of another.10
8112101738Begetgive rise to; bring about.11
8112101739Benedictionthe utterance or bestowing of a blessing12
8112103937Bereavedbe deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one's death.13
8112103938VerbalsA verbal is a verb form which functions as a noun or an adjective. In English, there are three types of verbals: Participles (past participles and present participles). Gerunds Infinitives14
8112103939Renounceformally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).15
8112103940Beguilecharm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.16
8112103990Afflictionsomething that causes pain or suffering.17
8112106086Perceptionsthe act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.18
8112106087Allusivenesshaving reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.19
8112106088Reverencedeep respect for someone or something.20
8112106089Nimblequick and light in movement or action; agile.21
8112106090Wroughtarchaic past and past participle of work.22
8112108582Staticlacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting.23
8112108583Lucidexpressed clearly; easy to understand. Bright or luminous24
8112111351Ellipsisthe omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.25
8112114132Parallelismthe use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.26

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