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Luminous

Emitting light, especially in the dark, shining.

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Potent

Possessing inner or physical strength, powerful.

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3

Avert

to keep from happening or prevent

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4

Cataract

a large or high waterfall

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5

Nettle

any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants

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6

Obstinacy

The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory

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Veeted

Settled, fixed, or absolute, being without contingency

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8

Proprietary

Of or relating to a proprietor to ownership

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9

Depose

to remove from office or power

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10

Tempered

Adjusted or attuned by the addition of a counterbalancing element; moderated or measured

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Ensure

To take place afterward or as a result

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12

Entreaty

An earnest request or petition

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13

Esteem

To regard as; consider

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14

Mollify

To calm the anger of; sooth or appease

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15

Magnanimity

To disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity.

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16

Requite

To make return for in a similar or appropriate fashion

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Manifest

To show or demonstrate plainly, reveal

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18

Contemn

To view with contempt, despise

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Reprove

To express disapproval to someone to criticize

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Fathorn

A unit of length used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths

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21

Desolate

lifeless

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22

Quell

To pacify, quite

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23

Lamentable

Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret, deplorable or potable

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Skulk

To move about stealthily

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25

Commodity

Something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage

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26

Feigned

Made-up; fictitious

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Dispossess

To deprive of the possession or occupancy of something

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Incense

To cause to be extremely angry; infuriate

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Restitution

The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered

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Scarcity

Insufficiency of amount of supply; shortage

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31

Subsist

To remain or continue in existence

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32

Dissemble

To disguise or conceal one’s real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance

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33

Abridge

To limit; curtail

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34

Superfluity

Something superfluous

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35

Doleful

Filled with or expressing grief, mournful

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36

Daunt

To lessen the courage or resolution of dishearten or intimidate

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37

Ravenous

Predatory or ferocious in predation

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Grievous

Causing grief, pain, or anguish

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Disconsolate

Seeming beyond consolation, extremely dejected

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Inhumane

Lacking pity or compassion

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