| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Fervent | (adj.) passionate, intense, zealous |
| Traverse | (v.) to travel across; to move laterally |
| Satiate | (v.) to satisfy; to fill up |
| Forbear | (v.) to refrain or resist a tempation or an urge |
| Ascertain | (v.) to determine, discover, make certain of |
| Solicitude | (n.) concern, attentiveness, eagerness |
| Injunction | (n.) command, order, mandate, decree |
| Capitulate | (v.) to submit completely, surrender |
| Effusion | (n.) an emotion expressed without constraint |
| Impertinent | (adj.) rude, especially to authority figures |
| Niche | (n.) best position for something; recess in a wall |
| Cull | (v.) to select, weed out |
| Inure | (v.) to harden, accustom, become used to |
| Pedantry | (n.) vain display of learning; habit of paying attention to academic rules |
| Capacious | (adj.) large, roomy, extensive |
| Pittance | (n.) a small portion, amount or wage |
| Dross | (n.) waste, something base, trivial or inferior |
| Interment | (n.) burial |
| Inexorable | (adj.) inflexible, unyielding, unchangeable |
| Caprice | (n.) an impulsive change of mind; fickleness |
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