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| answer | question |
|---|---|
| apt | adj. suitable. fitting,likely; quick to learn |
| awry | in a turned or twisted position or direction,wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course. |
| bludgeon | a short to club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point. |
| capitulate | to end resistance , give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| chafe | to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing, to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk, to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line or in columns; a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
| dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster. |
| disarming | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspition |
| disguntled | in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| encroach | ti advance beyond the usual or proper limits, tresspass |
| endow | to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing |
| fend | to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| mien | air, manner; appearance; expression |
| penal | having to do with punishment |
| pretinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominance | the greatest in strength or power; most common |
| prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| recluse | a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn form the world |
| renown | fame, glory |