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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Remuneration | Payment for work |
| Portent | Sign or warning of something strange/bad |
| Trifling | Slight worth or importance |
| Presumptuous | Taking liberties, being bold |
| Promontory | High point of land or rock projecting over water |
| Prudent | Marked by wisdom or cautiousness |
| Plight | Unfortunate situation |
| Quench | To satisfy |
| Reconcile | Bring into agreement, fix differences |
| Rend | To tear apart violently |
| Subterranean | Underground |
| Revere | To regard with respect |
| Scanty | Barely sufficient |
| Sentinel | Guard at a point of passage |
| Precipice | A steep cliff |
| Assuaged | Made less severe |
| Dictum | Authoritative announcement |
| Chattels | Personal movable property |
| Taciturn | Habitually silent |
| Unsullied | Not dirty, pure |
| Imprudent | Rash, unwise |
| Repertoire | Range of skills of a person |
| Predilection | Any preference |
| Domiciled | Place of legal residence |
| Foray | Brief attempt |
| Indigenous | Originating from an area |
| Wallow | Rolling about in self pity |
| Illicit | Not permitted, illegal |
| Delegation | One or more persons chosen to represent others |
| Entailment | To impose as a burden |
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