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alacrity

physical quickness with eagerness or enthusiasm

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anthema

someone/thing intensely disliked/loathed

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3

approbation

approval or praise (formal)

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4

atone

to make amends for an offense or wrong doing

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5

beguile

to mislead through trickery or flattery

or to swindle by deceiving

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6

brazen

Bold and without shame

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condor

quality of being open,honest and sincere

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caustic

capable of destroying/ eating away chemically (ex. corrosive)

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circumspect

to think carefully before acting or speaking

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10

coagulate

to cause to become viscous /thickened (curdle,clot,etc)

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commensurate

something similar in size,amount,etc to something else

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12

confidant

close friend/associate who you share secrets

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13

construe

to understand the meaning of one’s action

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14

deface

spoil the appearance/surface of something/one

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15

Defamatory

statements that are untrue,slanderous or libelous

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16

desecrate

to damage/disrespect something holy or heavily respected

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17

desolate

abandoned,uninhabited,deserted,etc

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despot

a cruel,over controlling ruler

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Dialect

a form of the language spoken in a particular part

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20

Diaphanous

Very sheer and light; Almost transparent/ translucent

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