| Term | Definition |
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| abstain | (verb) to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| allot alt-allotted | (verb) to assign as a share or portion |
| appease alt-appeased | (verb) to bring to a state of peace and quiet |
| carrion | (noun) dead and putrefying flesh |
| cast alt-casting | (verb) to cause to move or send forth by throwing |
| compunction alt-compunctious | (noun) anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| decrepit | (adj) wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| defilement alt-defile | (verb) to make foul |
| disdain alt-disdainful | (verb) to look on with scorn |
| enrage | (verb) to become mad |
| haughtiness alt-haughtiest | (noun) disdainfully proud |
| incite alt-incited | (verb) to put in motion |
| infamy alt-infamies | (noun) evel reputation brought by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal |
| morose | (adj) having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| primal | (adj) first in importance |
| pyre | (noun) pile of material to be burned |
| quiver alt-quivering | (noun) the state of trembling (verb) to shake with a slight but rapid motion |
| raze alt-razed | to tear down, demolish; to share |
| rebuke alt-rebuked | (verb) to express sharp, stern disapproval of (noun) stern disapproval |
| reverberate alt-reverberated | (verb) to reecho or resound |
| scathing | (adj) bitterly severe, as a remark |
| scowling alt-scowl | (verb) to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, dispaleased, or angry manner |
| supplication | (noun) an act or instance humble prayer |
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