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accede (v) to give one's consent acrimonious (adj) mean-spirited, bitter, or ill-natured bereaved (adj, n) in a state of mourning; deeply sorrowful because of the loss of a loved one curative (adj) curing; serving to provide a remedy despotism (n) authoritarian rule emissary (n) an agent acting in the interests of another party fulminate (v) to explode hardtack (n) a hard biscuit once common in the rations of sailors and soldiers libation (n) an alcoholic beverage offered or accepted in celebration macabre (adj) horrifying; reminiscent of death oracle (n) a means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted papal (adj) of or pertaining to the pope promulgate (v) to put forward publicly salacious (adj) lewd or off-color surrealistic (adj) unreal torte (n) a cake made with eggs and very little flour treatise (n) a scholarly essay or written argument ulterior (adj) secret (purpose or motive) voluptuous (adj) sensually enjoyable wanton (adj) completely unrestrained