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ANARCHY

a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.

ENFEEBLED

to make weak or feeble

INDULGENT

yielding to the wishes or demands of others

INURE

to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

INVEIGLE

persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

NONDESCRIPT

lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics

SEDATE

quiet, settled, sober; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer

TACIT

unspoken, silent; implied, inferred

EXTROVERT

one who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others

FUNEREAL

sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral

GULLIBLE

easily deceived; naive

IDIOSYNCRATIC

peculiar to the individual

IMPLAUSIBILITY

hard to believe; unlikeliness; unbelievability

SINECURE

a position requiring little or no work; an easy job

SULTRINESS

Hot, humid weather

FORLORNLY

looking pitiful, desperate, or hopeless; miserable

IMPERVIOUS

not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

INCARNATE

(adj.) existing in the flesh, embodied.

(v.) to give human form to

INCOMPREHENSIBLE

not understandable; mysterious

INCRONGRUITY

inconsistency; disharmony

LATENT

present, but not active; hidden; potential

TIMBRE

the quality of a sound; tone