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Severity |
the state or quality of being severe |
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Precipitation |
a headlong fall or rush; abrupt or impulsive hast; a hastening or an acceleration |
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Amiable |
friendly; good natured |
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Sterility |
not able to produce offspring |
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Populace |
the general public; the masses |
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Espousals |
adoption of an idea or cause; a betrothal |
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Nuptials |
of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony |
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Imperiously |
arrogant; over-bearing; domineering |
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Plumes |
a large feather or clusters of feathers worn as an ornament or symbol of rank,as on a helmet |
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Lamentable |
deserving of lament or regret |
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Hastily |
marked by speed; swift; rapid |
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Casque |
a helmet or other armor for the head |
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Portent |
an indication of something important or disastrous |
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Assiduous |
diligent; industrious |
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Commiseration |
a feeling or expression of sorrow or sympathy for the misfortune of another |
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Felicity |
great happiness; bliss |
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Ominous |
being a sign of trouble, danger, or disaster; threatening |
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Conjectures |
the formation of an opinion or a conclusion from incomplete of insufficient evidence |
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Improbable |
not probable; unlikely |
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Obeisance |
a bow, curtsy, or other gesture of submission or respect |
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Poignarded |
keenly distressing or painful; deeply moving |
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Prodigious |
impressively large in size, force, of extent |
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Ejaculations |
the act or process of ejaculating |
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Impertinent |
offensively bold; rude |
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Supposition |
the act or supposing |
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Necromancer |
one who practices communing with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future |
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Cognizance |
knowledge or awareness; ability to understand |
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Infernal |
or or relating to hell or a world of the dead; outrageous |
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Preposterous |
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd |
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Compunction |
an uneasy feeling that one has done something wrong; remorse |
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Diabolic |
of, concerning, or characteristic of the devil, satanic |
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Austerity |
the condition of being austere; lack of luxury; extreme restraint in spending |
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Solicitude |
the state of being solicitous; care of concern, as for another person |
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Traverse |
to travel or pass across, over, or through; to move to and fro |
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Impetuosity |
the quality or condition of being impetuous |
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Doted |
to show excessive love or fondness |
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Prudence |
the state, quality, of fact of being prudent |
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Engrossed |
to occupy the complete attention of; absorb |
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Virtuous |
having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence; pure |
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Assuaging |
to make less burdensome or painful; to satisfy |
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Tempestuous |
of, relating to, or resembling a tempest |
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Impious |
not pious or respectful; irreligious |
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Impede |
to delay of interfere with, hinder. obstruct |
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Grandsire |
a man who is an ancestor |
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Sedately |
calm, quiet, or solemn |
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Odious |
deserving or causing hatred or disgust; detestable; loathsome |
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Subterraneous |
existing or situated below ground level |
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Contiguous |
touching or in contact; near or close |
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Cloisters |
a monastery, convent, or other place where one may follow a quiet religious way of life |
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Labyrinth |
an intricate arrangement of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way |
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Precipitately |
to make something happen suddenly and quickly |
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Betrothed |
engaged to be married |
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Tyranny |
the government or rule of a tyrant; cruel of unjust use of power |
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Requite |
to make repayment or return for; to repay or make return to |
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Officiously |
to forward in offering help or advice, interfering, meddling |
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Veracity |
truthfulness; honesty |
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Valor |
boldness or determination in facing great danger, hardship, etc. |
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Providence |
thrifty preparation for the future; prudent care of money or other resources |
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Asperity |
roughness or harshness of manner or temper |
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Consternation |
great and sudden fear that makes one helpless; dismay |
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Comprehensive |
of large scope; including a great deal |
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Calamitous |
causing or concerned with disaster or calamity; disastrous |
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Aught |
anything whatever; any part; in any degree, at all, in any respect |
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Apparition |
a ghostly image, ghost, phantom; anything surprising or out of place |
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Foolhardy |
bold in a foolish way; rash; reckless |
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Exorcised |
to drive out a devil, evil spirit, or the like by religious or magical rites |
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Dotards |
an offensive term for one who is thought to be unable to think clearly |
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Delirium |
a mental condition producing excitement. rambling talk, illusions, etc. |
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Serenity |
calmness; peacefulness; tranquility |
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Villainy |
the actions or conduct of a villain; wickedness |
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Acquiesce |
to agree or submit quietly; consent |
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Sullen |
Showing ill humor or resentment in a gloomy and silent way |
