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succor(noun) relief, aid
pallid(adj) (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health
vivify(verb) to endow with life or renewed life
caprice(noun) a sudden, unaccountable change of
imbue(verb) to inspire a feeling
commodious(adj) comfortable or conventional, spacious, roomy
erudition(noun) extensive knowledge, acquired mostly from books, bookish learning
emaciate(verb) to waste away
somniferous(adj) sleepy, lethargic
expiation(noun) the act of making atonement for one's sins
acquiesce(verb) to accept, comply or submit
ethereal(adj)extremely delicate, otherworldly beauty
decorous(adj)marked by propriety and good taste
scurrilous(adj) using or given to coarse language
loquacious(adj) exceedingly talkative
verdure(noun) the greeness of growing
misanthropy(noun) a dislike for human kind
petulant(adj) insolent or rude in speech or behavior
sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perserverance
abstruse(adj) difficult to comprehend, recondite

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Creator KarenBuitano
Created November 2, 2009
Group Holton-Arms Class of 2012
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  1. acquiesce (verb) to accept, comply or submit - 6 misses
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  4. expiation (noun) the act of making atonement for one's sins - 5 misses
  5. emaciate (verb) to waste away - 4 misses
  6. abstruse (adj) difficult to comprehend, recondite - 3 misses
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