Anticipated
Eagerly expected.
Infatuated
Briefly but intensely in love.
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Anticipated
Eagerly expected.
Infatuated
Briefly but intensely in love.
Enthralled
Captivated.
Devoted
Loving, loyal, and concerned with another's well-being.
Elation
Great happiness and excitement.
Impulse
Urge to act or do something.
Proximity
Nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation; closeness.
Correspondents
A person employed by a news agency to gather news from a distant place.
Interpreter
A person who translates speech orally.
Encapsulate
Express the essential features of something succinctly or enclose something in a capsule.
Appalling
Causing shock, disgust, or alarm.
Clamor
A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.
Despair
Loss of hope; hopelessness.
Grimace
An ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or amusement.
Prosperity
Good fortune, success.
Hallowed
Holy; sacred.
Tribulations
Great trouble or misery.
Redemptive
Serving to deliver from sorrow; make amends or pay back.
Oppression
Cruel or unjust treatment.
Exalted
Elevated.
Activist
A person who fights for radical social change with radical methods.
Radical
Extremely different from the usual.
Advocating
Arguing or acting in favor of an ideal.
Idly
Lazily; without taking action.
Postpone
Delay.
Stagnation
State of being inactive and not moving or changing.
Complacency
State of unthinking or satisfied acceptance.
Yearning
Strong desire; longing.
Languished
Grown weak; lived under distressing conditions.
Adamant
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind; inflexible; unwavering.
Acquit
Free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty; exonerate.
Arbitrate
To settle a dispute between two people or groups after hearing the arguments and opinions of both.
Assuage
To lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses; ease.
Auspicious
Favorable; prosperous.
Benign
Gentle and kindly; not harmful to the environment.
Contentious
Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial. Given to arguing or provoking argument.
Condescend
Show feelings of superiority; be patronizing. Do something in a haughty way, as though below one's dignity.
Entailment
Legal restriction upon who can inherit property.
Discernible
Able to be discerned; perceptible.
Duress
Forcible restraint or restriction; compulsion by threat.
Erratic
Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
Expound
To set forth; state; to defend with argument; to explain by setting forth in careful and elaborate detail.
Fatalistic
Relating to the belief that events are inevitable.
Florid
Excessively intricate or elaborate; ornate.
Furtive
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
Imprudent
Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash; lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment.
Irascible
Easily angered.
Morbid
Characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially disease.
Placid
Not easily upset or excited; calm.
Predilection
Preference; tendency
Ruefully
In a way that expresses sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous manner
Sordid
Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; sleazy
Spurious
Not genuine; false; counterfeit
Stolid
Calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation; calm, unexcited
Taciturn
Usually silent
Umbrage
Offense or resentment
Ingenuous
Innocent; naive; open and honest
Expunge
To remove completely; to erase
Vehemently
With intense feeling; vigorously