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Trove (noun) valuable collection Surplus (noun) excess Untenable (adj0 not able to be defended Condone (verb) to treat as acceptable Lurid (adj) causing horror, shocking Futile (adj) without purpose, completely ineffective Turpitude (noun) essential baseness, depravity Frugal (adj) thrifty, cheap Conduit (noun) means for transmitting or distributing Lenient (adj) mild or tolerant Aerate (verb) to supply with air Elusive (adj) hard to grasp Servile (adj) fearfully submissive Extol (verb) to praise highly Solace (noun) source of consolation Polarize (verb) to break up into opposing groups Percept (noun) a general rule of action Gruff (adj) rough or stern in manner or speech Heed (verb) to pay attention Drub (verb) to defeat decisively Autonomous self-governing; functioning independently Lethargic Drowsy; sluggish; torpid; lacking energy Banal hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originally; timeworn; clichéd Levity lack of proper seriousness; frivolity; lightness of manner; lack of steadiness Belie contradict; give a false impression Malicious spiteful; hateful; malevolent Benign kindly; gracious; favorable; gentle; not malignant Austere forbiddingly stern; severely simple Lavish generous; openhanded; extravagant; profuse Ambivalence mixed feelings; state of having conflict emotional attitudes Innocuous harmless; inoffensive; insipid Adversary opponent; enemy Inadvertently unintentionally; negligently; carelessly Arbitrary determined by impulse pr whim; capricious; unrestricted by law Ascetic practicing self-denial; austerely simple Jocular joking; jesting; good-humored Astute wise; shrewd; keen Laconic brief and to the point; using few words Altruistic unselfishly generous; concerned for others; charitable; philanthropic Inherent firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic; built-in; fixed from the beginning; inborn