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Fervent
felt very strongly; having or showing very strong feelings
Inure
to cause (someone) to be less affected by something unpleasant
Repose
a state of resting after exertion or strain; rest in slee
Beneficence
the quality or state of doing or producing good
Ameliorate
to make something better or less painful
Paroxysm
a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease); convulsion
Ardent
characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity
Harrowing
acutely distressing
Delineate
to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
Traverse
to move to and fro over or along
Mien
air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor
Vacillate
to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
Antipathy
settled aversion or dislike
Encomium
glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise
Dilatoriness
a state of procrastination or delay, tardiness
Perambulation
walking about, traveling, or traversing
Salubrious
favorable to or promoting health or well-being
Ignominy
deep personal humiliation and disgrace
Exculpate
to clear from alleged fault or guilt
Execrate
to declare to be evil or detestable, to denounce
Timorous
of a timid disposition, fearful
Wanton
showing no thought or care for the rights, feelings, or safety of others
Bauble
a trinket, something of trifling appea
Obdurate
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Perdition
eternal damnation
Inexorable
not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless
Augment
to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
Efface
to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous
Abhorrence
the act or state of feeling extreme repugnance; loathing
Ephemeral
lasting a very short time
Epoch
an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
Dormant
temporarily devoid of external activity
Assuage
to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses); to ease
Purloined
something wrongfully appropriated and often by a breach of trust
Myriad
a great number or amount of something
Sedulous
involving or accomplished with careful perseverance, diligent in application or pursuit
Undulation
a wavelike motion to and fro; vibration
Indolence
inclination to laziness; sloth
Remonstrate
to say or plead in protest, reproof, or opposition
Torpor
apathy, dullness; a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
Abjuration
the act or process of rejecting (something) formally
Immutable
unable to be changed
Rend
to tear something into pieces with force or violence
Sublime
lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner; of outstanding spiritual or moral worth
Reverberate
to continue in or as if in a series of echoes; to resound
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