| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acute | sharp, severe |
| morose | gloomy, sullen |
| despondent | discouraged, hopeless, depressed |
| precarious | Dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| diminutive | minature, small |
| benign | non-threatening |
| empathy | feeling another's pain as ones own |
| goad | to urge or provoke into action |
| affluent | wealthy, rich |
| anomaly | something that does not fit into the normal order of things |
| sate | to satisfy an appetite fully |
| abhor | to hate, loathe |
| abate | to lessen, to reduce in severity |
| innate | inborn, native, inherent |
| tranquil | calm |
| disparage | to criticize, degrade |
| subsist | to live, exist |
| infuse | to inject |
| quotidian | daily, every day |
| discreet | small, un-noticed |
| premonition | presentment of the future, forewarning or feeling that something will happen |
| aloof | reserved, distant |
| pliable | flexable |
| pedagogue | school teacher |
| envious | jealous |
| malaise | vague feeling of discomfort |
| uniform | unvarying, conforming to one |
| renovate | to return to original state |
| retract | withdraw, pull back |
| ruse | a trick |
| colossus | an enormous structure |
| diminish | to make smaller |
| forsake | to abandon, forget |
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