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amenable

(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

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berate

(v.) to scold sharply

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carnage

(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

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credulous

(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived

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criterion

(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation

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deplete

(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

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expatiate

to expand on, write or talk at length or indetail; to move about freely

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extraneous

(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

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inception

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

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infirmity

(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

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jejune

(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

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obdurate

(adj.) stubborn, unyielding

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potpourri

(n.) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

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precocious

(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

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sadistic

(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

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sententious

(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much n few words, pithy

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supplicate

(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly

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surfeit

(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess

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tortuous

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

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turgid

(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled ot excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

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