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jocund

tending to inspire cheerfulness

commiserate

to feel or express sorrow or sympathy

augment

to increase in size, length, mass

dissonance

a lack of harmony

inundate

to overwhelm with something

rancor

extreme hatred

diverge

to move in different directions from a common point

indictment

to charge w an offense or crime

ruminate

to meditate, muse, ponder

inauspicious

unfortunate, not prosperous

flourish

to make dramatic, sweeping gestures

capricious

led by a sudden or unpredictable change

besmirch

to soil, tarnish, discolor

sagacity

wisdom, soundness of judgement

defer

to put off to a future time

ardent

expressing intense feeling, passionate

pernicious

destructive, deadly, causing harm

forbear

to refrain or abstain from

faternity

a group of people w common purpose or interest

incorrigible

unable to be corrected or reformed

relent

to soften in feeling, temper, determination

pensive

reflective, thoughtful

countenance

appearance or expression of the face

acquit

to declare not guilty

temperate

no extreme or excessive

despondent

lacking hope, dejected

forlorn

desolate or dreary, unhappy

humor

a mood or whim

evade

to escape from by trickery or cleverness

acquiesce

to agree without protest

portentous

significant, momentous

inscrutable

incapable of being understood or analyzed

politic

shrewd or prudent in practical matters

rapacious

greedy

repudiate

to reject, cast off, disown with disapproval

superciliously

haughtily disdainful, contemptuous

penury

extreme poverty

posterity

succeeding generations

propensity

strong, natural inclination or tendency

malign

to slander or defame

perjury

false testimony

ostentatiously

in a showy manner

inexorable

unstoppable

expeditiously

promptly, efficiently

antipathy

strong dislike or natural aversion

demure

shy and modest

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warrant

assure or guarentee

doggedly

persistently, stubbornly