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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 implacable | unable to be appeased or pacified |
| gallantly | bravely |
| ineluctably | incapable of being evaded |
| emissary | one sent on a special mission to represent others |
| Humility | a disposition to be humble |
| Archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response |
| turgid | swollen, excessively embellished in style or language |
| precipitated | to cause something to happen; to bring about quickly or suddenly |
| gesticulated | to make gestures while speaking |
| insolence | an offensive disrespectful impudent act |
| pinioned | restrained |
| motley | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| listlessly | having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent |
| sullenly | in a gloomy, silent, surly way |
| querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful |
| imploringly | in a pleading, begging manner |
| emulate | compete with successfully |
| imminent | about to happen |
| demurely | characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved. |
| supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
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