| Term | Definition |
|---|
| trenchant | incisive, forceful |
| consternation | great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or confused |
| appropriated | took for one's own without permission |
| declamation | a dramatic speech |
| presentiment | a feeling that something unpleasant will soon happen |
| intimated | announced formally |
| commiserating | showing sorrow or pity for something |
| spasmodic | characteristic of a spasm; sudden, violent, and temporary; frenzied |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| vivaciously | in a lively manner |
| apprehension | an anxious feeling of foreboding, dread |
| imperiously | in a lively manner, arrogant |
| exonerated | declared blameless and free of guilt |
| perspicuity | clarity in statement or expression |
| sagaciously | in a keenly perceptive manner |
| discomfited | made to feel uneasy |
| unremunerative | unrewarding |
| ostentatiously | in a showy manner |
| mollified | made less severe, intense, or violent; softened |
| melancholy | sad or gloomy |
| inscrutably | mysteriously |
| vexation | an annoyance |
| disconcerted | frustrated, upset |
| subterfuge | a strategem used ot hide one's true objective or to evade an unpleasant situation, deception |
| obtruded | forced upon someone unwillingly |
| pervading | spreading throughout |
| condescension | the act of dealing with others in a proud or haughty way |
| magnanimous | generous in overlooking an injury or insult |
| venerated | deeply respected |
| abject | miserable, wretched |
| amiable | good-natured, friendly |
| morose | ill-tempered, gloomy |
| facetious | joking, especially in an ironic way or at an inappropriate time |
| abhorrence | disgust and loathing |
| repugnance | extreme dislike |
| aversion | an intense dislike |
| impiously | in a manner lacking reverence or respect |
| incredulous | showing doubt or disbelief |
| despotic | acting like an absolute ruler, tyrannical |
| reiterated | said repeatedly |
| magisterially | in an authoritative manner |
| proferred | offered |
| malignity | an intense ill will and desire to hurt others |
| detestation | hatred |
| plummet | a lead weight |
| imperceptible | so slight or gradual as not to be easily perceived |
| indelible | that which cannot be erased |
| abstinence | the act of voluntarily doing without food, drink, or some other pleasure |
| clemency | leniency or mercy shown toward an offender |
| debilitating | weakening |
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