| Term | Definition |
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| debut | v. to present for the first time; n. a first public appearance, as of an actor; a formal entrance into society |
| documentary | adj. based on or consisting of documents; employing facts rather than fiction; n. a presentation (such as a film) built on factual conditions or hist orical events |
| vehement | adj. marked by great emotion, force, or conviction; intense and violent |
| melancholy | adj. sad; depressed; causing or suggesting sadness; n. gloom; low spirits |
| reprieve | n. a temporary relief (from pain or trouble); an order temporarily delaying punishmet or the execution of a sentence |
| theoretical | adj. hypothetical; unproved or uncertain |
| bestriding | v. to sit on something with a leg on each side; to straddle |
| casement | n. a window that opens on hinges along its side |
| requiem | n. music or a mass for the dead |
| fluctuate | v. to rise and fall or move back and forth; to change continually in an irregular way |
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