| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abnegate (v) | to renounce, surrender, or deny privlege to oneself |
| antithesis (n) | the opposite or highest possible contrast |
| barbarous (adj) | uncivilized or primitive; characterized by brutality or savagery |
| deduce (v) | to infer; to derive from evidence or assumption |
| gauntlet (n) | a challenge |
| impasse (n) | a situation that seems to offer no solution or escape |
| impalpable (adj) | impossible to perceive through use of the sense of touch |
| impeccable (adj) | flawless; virtually perfect |
| latent (adj) | potential |
| levity (n) | lightness; insubstantiality |
| portend (v) | to suggest or fortell |
| pulchritude (n) | beauty |
| remunerate (v) | to pay (in consideration of another person's expense or action) |
| ruminate (v) | to ponder or review mentally |
| salutary (adj) | promoting physical soundness |
| strident (adj) | harsh |
| surcease (n) | end |
| travail (n) | hard work, especially work causing physical pain |
| visage (n) | the face |
| volatile (adj) | potentially unstable |
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