35640413 | exemplary | adj. serving as a model; worth immitating. 2) serving as a warning | |
35640414 | emaciated | adj. abnormally lean as from starvation or weakness | |
35640415 | imminent | adj. likely to happen very soon | |
35640416 | importunate | adj. annoyingly persistant | |
35640417 | celibacy | n. the state of being unmarried. esp that of a person under a vow not to marry | |
35640418 | emissary | n. a person sent on a special mission, an agent | |
35640419 | premeditated | adj. planned out beforehand | |
35640420 | inimicial | adj. hostile in opposition | |
35640421 | potency | n. effectiveness, strenght | |
35640422 | palliate | v. to make seem less serious or offensive | |
35640423 | veneration | n. profound respect | |
35640424 | abomination | n. something hateful and disgusting | |
35640425 | hypocrite | n. one who pretends to be what he/she is not | |
35640426 | introspection | n. an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings | |
35640427 | impalpable | adj. not perceptible to the touch too subtle to be grasped by the mind | |
35640428 | expiation | n. atonement | |
35640429 | scurrilous | adj. coarse, vulgar | |
35640430 | pristine | adj. pure, unspoiled, of an earlier condition | |
35640431 | pestilence | n. infectious disease | |
35640432 | caamity | n. a disaster, an extreme misfortune | |
35640433 | despotic | adj. like an absolute ruler or tyrant | |
35640434 | extort | v. to get by force or threats | |
35640435 | deleterious | adj. harmful to health or well being | |
35640436 | enigma | n. something or someone that is puzzling or seems impossible to explain | |
35640437 | propensity | n. inclination or tendancy | |
35640438 | asperity | n. sharpness, harshness of temper | |
35640439 | loquacity | n. excessive talkativeness | |
35640440 | lamentation | n. an outward expression of grief | |
35640441 | misanthropy | n. dislike or distrust of people | |
35640442 | transfiguration | n. a radical change in form or appearance | |
35640443 | consecration | n. holiness, sacredness | |
35640444 | solace | n. consolation, comfort | |
35640445 | stigma | n. mark or sign of disgrace | |
35640446 | inured | adj. accustomed to something painful or difficult | |
35640447 | inevitable | adj. certain to happen | |
35640448 | vicissitude | n. unforeseeable change | |
35640449 | affliction | n. somehting causing pain and distress, a misfortune | |
35640450 | probity | n. integrity | |
35640451 | indefatigable | adj. untirring | |
35640452 | audacity | n. bold daring courage | |
35640453 | transitory | adj. temporary not endurring | |
35640454 | appalled | ad. filled with dismay; shock | |
35640455 | conjectural | adj. based on guesswork or incomplete evidence |
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