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despondent (adj.) sad; without hope; discouraged ambrosial (adj.) healing; comforting cowered (v.) crouched and trembled in fear calamitous (adj.) causing great misfortune noxious (adj.) harmful; poisonous; lethal prime (n.) first uttered (v.) muttered; whispered embroiled (v.) drawn into trouble, disagreement, or conflict ingenuous (n.) innocent; naive gleaned (v.) gathered; collected disclaimed (v.) deny; refuse to acknowledge retorted (v.) responded pendulum (n.) something that hangs and swings back and forth homely (adj.) lacking in physical beauty or proportion ascertained (v.) found out with certainty elitist (adj.) favoring top group; snob assented (v.) consented; gave approval dispatched (v.) sent out expidited (v.) cause something to occur more quickly fodder (n.) food; grub; eats implore (v.) ask; plead; beg bemoaned (v.) to express distress or grief over; lament malevolent (adj.) evil; ill-wishing of others abandon (v.) desert; leave vegetate (v.) grow; expand pondered (v.) thought; inquired plethora (n.) many; an abundance of bustle (v.) hurry; energetically move cronies (n.) chums; old friends; close comnpanions hor d'oeuvres (n.) appetizers conversed (v.) talked; spoke score (#) (n.) twenty of chandelier (n.) branched lighting fixture giddily (adv.) happily; gayly beady (adj.) bead-like (refers to the eyes) simpered (v.) to smile in a goofy manner nonchalantly (adj.) inconspicuously; naturally conciet(ed) (adj.) obsessed with yourself; narsacistic; vain; pompous quashed (v.) hold back; suppress; hide slovenliness (n.) sloppiness; untidyness swooned (v.) faint; fall back with one hand on forehead mocked (v.) made fun; teased torrid (adj.) emotionally energetic scoop (n.) news; gossip rapscallions (n.) mean, unprincipaled people jilted (v.) rejected (particularly by a lover) without warning interjected (v.) interrupted; staunch (adj.) firm; steadfast escapade (n.) adventure snooty (adj.) conceited; arrogant