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inadvertent lax; careless; without intention exhaustive thorough; complete incongruous not fitting in; out of place belittle to put down; to disparage unprecedented happening for the first time; novel; never seen before digress to go off the subject appease to make peace with; to satisfy frivolous not serious; not solemn; with levity instigate to cause; to start trouble sage a wise person predecessor someone who came before another jeopardy danger tangible touchable; significant indulgent pampering oneself; satisfying desires remorse sadness; regret pivotal important; critical; crucial scrupulous careful; diligent; moral refute to disprove respite a rest; a pause; a break stoic indifferent to pleasure or pain volatile changeable; unstable; explosive peripheral on the edge; surrounding hedonistic pleasure-seeking; indulgent idiom a peculiar, untranslatable expression benefactor a generous donor brevity briefness apocryphal of doubtful origin; false virtuoso an accomplished musician slander to defame; to speak maliciously of someone animosity hatred deplete to use up; to reduce; to lessen amity friendship stringent strict; harsh; severe voluminous very large; spacious auspicious favorable; looking up fickle capricious; whimsical; unpredictable lethargic tired; languid hackneyed banal; overused amass to accumulate willful stubborn bastion stronghold; fortress trepidation fear desecrate to profane a holy place fortuitous accidental; happening by chance vehement urgent; passionate assuage to soothe prodigious very large torpid sluggish; lethargic furtive secretive supercilious haughty; arrogant