| Term | Definition |
|---|
| authoritarian | pertaining to absolute authority and unquestioning obedience |
| avenge | to inflict punishment for a perceived wrong; to take vengeance |
| bewilder | to confuse |
| bristle | to become angry |
| clemency | mercy; leniency |
| elaborate | to express in greater detail; having intricate or complex detail |
| gazebo | a small, roofed building, usually having open sides |
| malady | an illness; a physical or mental disorder |
| mar | to damage; to disfigure |
| obscure | not easily noticed or understood; little known; to make unclear; dim |
| obsolete | no longer valid or in use |
| pretext | a professed purpose to hide the real reason |
| teem | to be full of things; to move in large numbers; to pour out |
| translucent | permitting light to pass through, but not enough to allow clear viewing of objects on the other side |
| transparent | permitting enough light to pass through to allow clear viewing of objects on the other side |
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