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to degrade; humiliate
abdicate
to step down down from a powerful position
abut
to adjoin
baleful
threatening; hurtful; omnious
banal
ordinary; trite
bereft
devoid of life or happiness
cache
hiding place; objects in a hiding place
canard
a flase story created to cause harm
churl
a rude person; a illiterate peasant
debauchery
excessive self-indulgence
demur
to object; to make exception
dichotomy
division of two contradictory parts
ebullient
boiling, bubbling with excitement
egalitarian
advocating equal rights for all; a person advocating equal rights for all
embroil
to involve in conflict or hostile action; to throw into disorder
facile
skillful in an off-hand way
fatuous
silly; foolish
filial
having the relationship of a child to a parent
galvanize
to stimulate by electric current; to cause to take sudden action
gibber
speak rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly
hackneyed
overused; cliche
hale
having good health; vigorous
harried
beset by problems or harrassed
impunity
freedom from punishment; immunity from harm, punishment or retribution
indigent
poor
inexorable
inevitable; unavoidable
innocuous
harmless
jilt
to reject a lover (often at the altar)
largess
generosity
loquacious
overly talkative
maladroit
clumsy; inept
melee
a confusing, out-of-hand situation; free-for-all
nefarious
openly evil; wicked; villainous
obdurate
headstrong; callous; stubborn; insensitive
offal
rubbish; waste parts (typically of a butchered animal)
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