| Term | Definition |
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| Compensate | (v.) To make up for; to repay for services |
| Dissolute | (adj.) Loose in one's morals or behavior |
| Erratic | (adj.) Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily exspected; undependable |
| Admonish | (v.) To slightly scold, warn |
| Fortify | (n.) To strengthen, build up |
| Lucrative | (adj.) Bringing in money; profitable |
| Efface | (v.) To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| Perennial | (adj.) Lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that live for many years |
| Relinquish | (v.)To let go, give up |
| Spasmodic | (adj.) Sudden and voilent but brief; fitful, intermittent |
| Abscond | (v.) To run off and hide |
| Arduous | (adj.) Hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Circumspect | (adj.) Careful; cautious |
| Deadlock | (n.) A standstill resulting from the opposite of two equal forces or fractions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
| Salvage | (v.) To save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property that is saved |
| Muddle | (v.) To make a mess of; muddle through: (n.) a hopeless mess (not material) |
| Intrepid | (adj.) Very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| Cumbersome | (adj.) Clumsy, hard to handle, slow moving |
| Breach | (n.) An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction (v.) to create an opening, break through |
| Feint | (n.) A dileberately deceptive move; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; To make a pretense of |
| Access | (n.) Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) To get at obtain |
| Jeer | (v.) To make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision |
| Comely | (adj.) Having a pleasing appearance |
| Illegible | (adj.) Difficult or impossible to read |
| Sully | (v.) To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| Fodder | (n.) Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Proliferate | (v.) To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| Terse | (adj.) Brief and to the point |
| Rectify | (v.) To make right, correct |
| Spurious | (adj) Not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Unflinching | (adj.) Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| Unbridled | (adj.) Uncontrolled, lacking in restrain |
| Predispose | (v.) To incline to beforehand |
| Diffuse | (v.) To spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused scattered or widely spread |
| Adjourn | (v.) To stop proceedings |
| Revile | (v.) To attack with words, call bad names |
| Auspicious | (adj.) Favorable; fortunate |
| Reprieve | (n.) A temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant |
| Anarchy | (n.) A lack of government and law; confusion |
| Larceny | (n.) Theft |
| Pliant | (adj.) Bending readily, easily, influenced |
| Precipice | (n.) A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| Biased | (adj.) Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| Fated | (adj.) Determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| Inanimate | (adj.) Not having life; without energy or spirit |
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