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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tangible | capable of being touched or felt having actual form and substance |
| quarry | the object of a hunt, prey |
| disarming | removing or overcoming suspicon inspring confidence |
| cultivated | refined or cultured in manner |
| amenity | something that adds to ones comfort or conveince |
| condone | to forgive or overlook |
| droll | amusingly odd or comical |
| scruple | a feeling or uneasiness that keeps a person from doing something |
| solicitously | in a manner expressing care or concern |
| imperative | absolutley necessary |
| zealous | intensely enthusiastic |
| uncanny | so remarkable as to seem supernatural |
| instigate | to stir up provoke |
| vestibule | a small entryway within a building |
| agile | able to move quickly and easily |
| falter | to hesitate from lack of courage or confidence |
| ransack | to search or examine vigorously |
| prudence | the use of good judgement and common sense |
| ravage | serious damage |
| assertion | a statement |
| coveted | greedily desired or wished for covet |
| chronicle | a record of events |
| prospects | chances or possibilities especially for financial success |
| incessantly | without interruption continuously |
| vexation | irration annoyance |
| pauper | a poor person especially one who depends on public charity |
| adulation | excessive praise or flattery |
| disconsolate | extremley depressed or dejected |
| aghast | filled with shock or horror |
| gamut | an entire range or series |
| privitation | the lack of a basic necessity or a comfort of life |
| askew | crooked to one side |
| preclude | to make impossible especially by taking action in advances |
| impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| immolation | death or destruction |
| abscond | to go away suddenly and secretly |
| repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| termination | an end limit or edge |
| subside | decrease in amount or intensity settle down |
| aperture | an opening such as a hole or a gap |
| imminent | about to occur |
| infallibility | an inability to make errors |
| doggedness | persistence, stuborn |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| precariously | insecurley in a dangerous or unstable way |
| exotic | eccitingly strange |
| evanesce | to dissapear, vanish |
| heresy | an action or opinion contray to wat is generally thought as right |
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