207497760 | engendering | giving rise to | |
207497761 | hallowed | holy, sacred | |
207497762 | boorish | rude, uncouth, ill-mannered | |
207497763 | burnished | highly polished | |
207497764 | zest | excitement, fervor | |
207497765 | sedately | calmly and seriously | |
207497766 | sentiment | feeling, emotion | |
207497767 | prelate | a priest of superior rank | |
207497768 | glib | marked by ease in speaking or writing to the point of being insincere | |
207497769 | gallant | noble | |
207497770 | scope | range of operation or authority | |
207497771 | penitents | a person under the direction of a confessor | |
207497772 | shrift | confession | |
207497773 | absolution | forgiveness | |
207497774 | verity | honesty, state of being truthful | |
207497775 | commerce | commercial dealings, trade, interaction | |
207497776 | arbitrate | to mediate or judge between two disputing parties | |
207497777 | wantonness | extravagance | |
207497778 | motley | colorful (also, a fool's outfit) | |
207497779 | estimable | worthy of esteem, valuable, admirable | |
207497780 | preferment | advancement | |
207497781 | sanguine | happy, cheerful | |
207497782 | dais | raised platform | |
207497783 | tempest | violent storm | |
207497784 | pestilence | plague, massive disease | |
207497785 | diligent | hardworking, assiduous | |
207497786 | mercenary | a soldier for hire, motivated by money | |
207497787 | contemptuous | disdainful, scornful | |
207497788 | obstinate | stubborn | |
207497789 | repine | express dejection or discontent | |
207497790 | buffoon | fool | |
207497791 | duress | constraint by threat; coercion | |
207497792 | gelding | a castrated male horse | |
207497793 | pervarication | straying away from the truth | |
207497794 | scurrility | vulgarity | |
207497795 | skittish | nervous, uncontrollable | |
207497796 | paramours | lovers | |
207497797 | amorous | strongly moved by love, especially sexual love | |
207497798 | proxy | person authorized to act for another | |
207497799 | solace | comfort | |
207497800 | inferring | guess, surmise | |
207497801 | asperity | roughness of manner or of temper | |
207497802 | abate | cease or reduce in degree or intensity | |
207497803 | perturbation | agitation of the mind | |
207497804 | apoplexy | fainting or having a stroke | |
207497805 | deportment | behavior, bearing | |
207497806 | timorous | fearful | |
207497807 | trifling | inconsequential | |
207497808 | superfluity | excess | |
207497809 | tribulation | trouble, defeat, long-term and serious problems | |
207497810 | manifest | obvious, evident |
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