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Contrite
Filled with guilt or remorse, regretful
Indolent
Avoiding exercise or effort, lazy
Assail
To attack violently with blows, words, or emotions
Curtail
To reduce or restrict, to cut off
Clandestine
Secret, done with secrecy
Emphatic
Having emphasis, expressed with force
Bipartisan
Something that 2 usually opposing parties, especially political parties, agree on
Fiat
An official decree or command
Xenophobe
Someone having a fear or prejudice against foreigners
Peevish
Whiny, irritated, or easily annoyed
Evanescent
Vanishing quickly, fading out of sight and mind
Copious
Plentiful, large in quantity
Gall
Excessive boldness or rashness
Ebb
To recede, especially the tide from land to sea or an emotion to gradually lessen
Guise
An appearance or mask that conceals something else
Relent
To give in, let up, or make less severe
Jauntily
Easy in manner, lively, self-confident
Emulate
To imitate someone, to equal or surpass, mimic
Biennial
Occurring every other year
Dubious
Doubtful, suspicious, untrustworty
Implacable
Incapable of being calmed or appeased
Gratuitous
For free, done without payment
Pecuniary
About or relating to money
Epiphany
A sudden huge realization or insight
Gainsay
To dispute or speak out against
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