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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atheist | One who disbelieves in the existence of God |
| Condolences | Expressions of sympathy |
| Convulsion | Violent and involuntary spasmodic contraction of the muscles; commotion |
| Destitute | Lacking the means of subsistence; left friendless; deprived of, devoid of, or lacking |
| Fiery | Intensely hot as winds or desert sands; passionate |
| Furtive | In manner wishing to escape observation; secret |
| Imperceptibly | Very slight, gradual, or subtle |
| Incessant | Ceaseless; continual |
| Incoherently | : Without logical connection; rambling; uncoordinated |
| Matinees | Entertainments held in the afternoon |
| Meek | Unduly patient or submissive; gentle; mild; kind |
| Pall | Cloth covering a coffin; a square linen-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice; something that overspreads with darkness and gloom |
| Pallor | Unnatural paleness, as from fear, ill health or death |
| Peculiar | Strange, odd; uncommon, unusual |
| Promontory | A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea |
| Proposition | Putting forth a plan, idea, or scheme for consideration |
| Repulsive | Causing repugnance or aversion; tending to drive back |
| Vague | Indefinite; indistinct |
| Vigil | A period of watchful attention; a watch kept by night |
| Zeal | Passionate fervor in behalf of a person, cause, or object; ardor |
| Acquitted | pronounced not guilty; discharged of obligation or debt |
| Brandished | flourished; waved or shook a weapon |
| Consummated | culminated; completed; fulfilled |
| Cordial | warmly friendly; stimulating; sincere |
| Heinous | hateful; wicked or criminal; atrocious |
| Implacable | cannot be appeased or pacified |
| Indignantly | righteously angry; displeasure at something deemed unworthy |
| Interminable | unending; endless, or seemingly so |
| Intervened | interfered; came between |
| Liaison | an illicit intimacy between a man and woman; a cooperative relationship maintained to ensure concerted action |
| Oasis | any place or part of one's experience that is refreshingly different; a fertile spot in the desert |
| Obvious | evident; exposed; apparent or manifest |
| Odious | detestable; highly offensive |
| Parricide | crime of killing one's father or mother, or anyone whom reverence is owed |
| Plausible | appearance of truth or reason; seeming worthy of acceptance |
| Premeditated | planned beforehand |
| Respite | : temporary relief |
| Sinewy | full of tendons; tough; stringy |
| Sordid | dirty; squalid; morally mean or base |
| Tirade | long outburst of denunciation; a vehement speech |
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