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ameliorate v. improve amenable adj. submitting or yielding readily bovine adj. cowlike; patient and dull chicanery n. trickery, especially in legal matters (subterfuge) circumspect adj. cautious, prudent despotic adj. tyrannical; having absolute power epistle n. a formal letter foray n. raid; v. to plunder gregarious adj. tend to herd together; sociable hovel n. a squalid, wretched dwelling place incarcerate v. to imprison; confine (adj. imprisoned) loath adj. unwilling; reluctant miasma n. poisonous environment nullify v. cause to become invalid or nonexistent; make legally void ornithology n. branch of science that deals with the study of birds peremptory adj. decisive; positive relevant adj. connected with, or applying to, the subject under consideration scrutinize v. examine closely and carefully traduce v. disgrace by speaking ill of; slander; malign vitriolic adj. like burning acid; biting; caustic