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acute |
(adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickley to a high point lasting for a short time |
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bluster |
(Verb) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy guests; sppech that is loud and threatening |
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bungle |
Verb to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
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commentary |
a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
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duration |
Noun the length of time that something continues or lasts |
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eerie |
Adj causing fear because of stangness; weird; mysterious |
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facet |
Noun one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut sufaces of a gem |
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fidelity |
Noun the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
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fray |
Noun a brawl, a noisy quarrel to wear away by rubbling; make ragged or worn; to strain, irrritate |
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headstrong |
Adj willful, stubborn |
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inhabitant |
Noun one living permanently in a given place |
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numb |
adj having lost the power of feeling or movement to dull the feeing of; to cause to lose feeling |
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Pacify |
verb to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
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ravenous |
adj greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
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refute |
verb to prove incorrect |
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remorse |
noun deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
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setback |
noun something that interferes with progress; a disspapontment unexspected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall |
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smug |
adj overly self- satisfied, self- righteous |
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synopsis |
noun a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, summary |
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tarry |
verb to delay leaving, to linge, wait; to remain or stay for a while |
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