| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abstain | to refrain from, keep oneself from |
| alienate | to make hostile or unfriendly, to estrange |
| assess | to estimate; to impose a tax, fine, payment |
| assimilate | to absorb, incorporate, make or become like or part of (that which incorporates it) |
| cajole | to coax ot wheedle, persuade by flattery |
| concede | to admit, yield, grant |
| condescend | to come down to another's level, deign |
| deprecate | to disapprove, protest against |
| dissipate | to dispel, waste, live dissolutely |
| elicit | to draw forth (information) |
| emaciate | to make very lean |
| exasperate | to irritate thoroughly, infuriate |
| altercation | an angry dispute or quarrel |
| anguish | intense suffering |
| apparition | specter or phantom, a sudden appearing |
| barrage | a shower (of artillery fire), a heavy onslaught |
| clairvoyant | one who has unusual or preternatural insight |
| duplicity | souble-dealing, deception |
| facade | the front, or face |
| holocaust | widespread destruction, especially by fire |
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