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abate
to reduce in intensity or amount
abstemious
sparing (usually in eating or drinking
acrimonious
caustic, full of spite, bitter, nasty
aggregate
sum total, whole amount
alchemist
one who practices medieval chemistry
aloof
apart, indifferent
blandishment
flattery
chary
careful, cautious
debauchery
moral corruption
dirge
funeral hymn, lament
enmity
absolute hatred
felicitous
happy or delightful
gaunt
very thin, emaciated, angular
goad
to urge on in a negative sense
hearten
encourage
indignation
anger as a result of something unjust
ineffable
incapable of being expresses in speech or words
lugubrious
excessively mournful
ominous
threatening
pallor
extreme paleness usually relating to the face
penury
extreme poverty
presumptuous
brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant
pungent
sharp or irritating taste or smell
remonstrate
to protest, to make objections
reputable
having a good reputation
vagrant
a wanderer who does not have a home
voluble
ability to use words easily, fluent and glib
wheedle
to try to convince by flattery, to coax or cajole
wily
cunning, crafty
workaday
ordinary, commonplace
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