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expedient
something done or used to achieve a particular end usually quickly or temporarily **:** an expedient action or solution(noun)

suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance

characterized by concern with what is opportune(adjective)

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alacrity
promptness in response **:** cheerful readiness(noun)
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unscupulous
not scrupulous-unprincipled (adjective)
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redress
to set right **:** REMEDY

**(2)**

**:** to make up for **:** COMPENSATE

**b**

**:** to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)

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**:** to exact reparation for **:** AVENGE (verb)
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countenance
a face/expression and indication of a mood/feeling(noun)

to extend approval or toleration (verb)
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cognizant
knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience(adjective)
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precipitate

1. to throw violently, to hurl (verb)
2. a product, result, or outcome of some process or action(noun)
3. falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent(adjective)
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abdicate
to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function(verb)
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ignominy
deep personal humiliation and disgrace

**:** disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action(noun)
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onerous
involving, imposing, or constituting a burden(troublesome)

having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages(adjectives)
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portal
door, entrance(noun)

of or relating to the transverse fissure on the underside of the liver where most of the vessels enter(adjective)
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indubitality
too evident to be doubted(adjective)
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transgressor
to violate a command or law

**:** to go beyond a boundary or limit(verb)
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immaterial
unimportant, uncorpeal(adjective)
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preternatural
existing outside of nature, incapable of normal means(adjective)
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dryad
a spirit that lives in the forest(noun)
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mollify
to soothe in temper or disposition(appease,soften,to reduce in intensity) (verb)
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necromancy
conjuration(to summon/charge)spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events(noun)
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futile
serving no useful purpose **:** completely ineffective(adjective)
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antipathy
a strong feeling of dislike, something disliked