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TOTC 18-24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capricious | subject to or led by a sudden or unpredictable change; erratic |
| doggedly | persistently; stubbornly |
| estranged | displaying a feeling of alienation |
| augment | to make larger in size, number, or strength; increase |
| carnage | the slaughter of a great number of people as in a battle; massacre |
| fraternity | a group of people having common purposes, interests, etc.; a brotherhood |
| comely | pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair |
| purveyor | a person who provides or supplies |
| rapacious | given to seizing for the satisfaction of greed; greedy |
| constrain | to repress or restrain with force |
| ruminate | to meditate or muse; ponder |
| abridge | to shorten by omission while retaining the basic contents |
| deduce | to draw a conclusion from something known; infer |
| gentility | good breeding or refinement |
| pillage | to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence; plunder |
| relent | to soften in feeling, temper, or determination |
| evade | to escape from by trickery or cleverness |
| solemnity | the state of being solemn or earnest |
| forlorn | desolate or dreary; unhappy; hopeless |
| ardent | having or expressing intense feeling; passionate; fervent |