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enounce
verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
charnel
adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
anatomize
verb analyze down to the smallest detail; dissect in order to analyze
emaciate
verb grow weak and thin or waste away physically; cause to grow thin or weak
imbue
verb suffuse with color; fill, soak, or imbue totally; spread or diffuse through
prognosticate
verb indicate by signs; make a prediction about; tell in advance
procure
verb get by special effort; arrange for sexual partners for others
elixir
noun a substance believed to cure all ills; a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste; a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
transmute
verb alter the nature of (elements); change in outward structure or looks; change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
dogma
noun a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
imbibe
verb receive into the mind and retain; take in liquids; take in, also metaphorically; take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
multifarious
adj. having many aspects
repine
verb express discontent
laceration
noun the act of lacerating; a torn ragged wound
obdurate
adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing