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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliance | A joining together for some common purpose |
| Bewilder | To puzzle completely, confuse |
| Buffoon | A clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| Controversial | Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| Dishearten | To discourage |
| Fruitless | Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful |
| Hostile | unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive |
| Inflammable | Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused |
| inflict | To give or cause something unpleasant, impose |
| Malignant | Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
| Mortify | To hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue, or discipline by self denial or suffering |
| Orthodox | In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
| Procure | To obtain through special efforts; to bring about |
| Scurry | To run quickly, scamper, hurry |
| Sodden | Soaked with liquid or moisture, expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless |
| Spirited | Full of life and vigor; courageous |
| Virtual | Having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
| Void | Completely empty; having no legal force or effect; empty space or unfilled space; cancel or nullify |
| Wayward | Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious |
| Wince | To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; the act of drawing back this way |