| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abnegation | the renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| abet | assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing |
| aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
| verbose | characterized by the use of many words, talking too much |
| hover | to stay nervously in the same place, especially because you are waiting for something or are uncertain to do |
| hinder | to make it difficult for someone to do something or for something to develop |
| nemesis | an opponent or rival whom a person cannot defeat |
| dilate | become wider |
| empathy | the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems |
| sympathy | the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation and understanding how they feel |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| sophomoric | childish and not very sensible |
| seraphic | extremely beautiful or pure, like an angel |
| sedulous | hard working and determined |
| enigmatic | mysterious, and difficult to understand or explain |
| evasive | not willing to answer questions directly |
| euphoria | a feeling of extreme happiness and excitement |
| eschew | to deliberately avoid doing, using, or having something |
| ersatz | artificial, and not as good as the real thing |
| ogle | to look at someone in an offensive way that shows you think they are sexually attractive |
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