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Augment

To increase or enhance in size, amount, or degree

Prowess

Exceptional skill or ability

Abomination

Something that causes disgust or hatred

Atone

To make amends or reconcile for a wrongdoing

Deft

Skillful and quick in one's movements

Tentative

Not certain or fixed; provisional

Poignant

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Taut

Stretched or pulled tight; not slack

Miscalculate

To make an error in estimating or predicting

Feign

To pretend or fake

Rebuke

To express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone

Expel

To force someone to leave a place, especially by an official decision

Threshold

The point at which something begins or changes

Audacity

Boldness or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety

Listless

Lacking energy or enthusiasm

Lament

To express sorrow or regret for something

Tremulous

Shaking or quivering, typically out of nervousness or fear

Tumult

A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

Inadvertent

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning

Calamity

An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

Indefatigable

Persisting tirelessly

Deplore

To feel or express strong disapproval of something

Pittance

A very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage

Disconsolate

Without consolation or comfort; unhappy

Predilection

A preference or special liking for something

Imbue

To inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality

Impediment

An obstacle or hindrance in doing something

Multifarious

Many and of various types

Prognosticate

To predict or foretell a future event

Irreparable

Impossible to rectify or repair

Aver

To state or assert to be the case

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Sublime

Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

Uncouth

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Platitude

A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

Galvanize

To shock or excite someone into taking action

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent

Salubrious

Health-giving; healthy

Indignant

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

Ascertain

To find something out for certain; make sure of

Equivocate

To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Prophetic

Accurately predicting what will happen in the future

Vantage

A place or position affording a good view of something

Harbinger

A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

Dire

Extremely serious or urgent

Palpable

Able to be touched or felt

Prate

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something

Multitudinous

Very numerous

Carouse

Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way

Suborn

To bribe or otherwise induce someone to commit an unlawful act

Bedlam

A scene of uproar and confusion

Compunctious

Feeling guilty or having misgivings

Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Malice

The intention or desire to do evil; ill will

Pious

Devoutly religious

Plight

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

Laudable

Deserving praise and commendation

Avarice

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Dauntless

Showing fearlessness and determination

Obscure

Not discovered or known about; uncertain

Decadence

Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury

Frivolity

Lack of seriousness; lightheartedness

Flagellate

To whip or beat someone as a form of punishment

Circumspect

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Veritable

Used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor