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| Affluence | wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, |
| arrears | unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty |
| cascade | a steep, narrow waterfall |
| cringe | to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness |
| crotchety | cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims |
| Immobile | not moveable; not moving |
| impassable | blocked so that nothing can go through |
| innovation | something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method |
| jovial | Good- humored, in high spirits; merry |
| Manacle | a handcuff, anything that chains or confines; |
| martial | warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army or military life |
| Nimble | quick and skillful in movement, agile;clever |
| Onset | the beginning, start an attack |
| partition | something that divides |
| perishable | likely to spoil or decay |
| retrieve | To find and bring back |
| sinister | appearing evil or dangerous |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense; neat in good order |
| template | a pattern, typically in the form of metal, wood, or plastic. |