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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abortive | failing to succeed, unsuccessful, fruitless, futile, ineffectual |
| abrogate | abolished, to annul, to void, to cancel by authority |
| antithetic | directly opposed to something, opposite, contradictory |
| approbation | approval, commendation, sanction |
| bland | not irritating, mild, soothing, not stimulating |
| clement | mild, favorable, mercificul in disposition or character, lenient, compassionant |
| counterpart | duplicated, corresponding part, parallel, or facsimile |
| contrive | devised to, to plan, to plot, to design |
| contentious | quarrelsome, giving to arguing, contrary, belligerent, discordant |
| deprecate | disparage, to express disapproval |
| defamatory | slandering; harming somebody's name or reputation, maligning |
| docile | easily taught or managed, tractable, teachable, obedient |
| enshrine | preserved with care, consecrated, cherished as sacred |
| evanescent | fleeting, momentary, transatory, transient, ephemeral |
| estrange | keep at a distance, to remove from a custom relationship to separate or disunite |
| expend | use up, consume, spend |
| equitable | fair, just, unbiased, even-handed, objective |
| emaciated | thin, lean, gaunt, scrawny, skinny |
| fell | fierce, cruel, severe, inhumane, truculent, lethal |
| feasible | capable of being done, likely, workable, practicable |
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