vocab 16

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1. 01

   Robust

   strong and healthy; vigorous.

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   Disillusioned

   disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed.

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   Levitate

   to rise or cause to rise and hover in the air.

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   Calibrated

   carefully assessed, set, or adjusted.

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   Alternate

   to occur in turn repeatedly.

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   Anguish

   severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

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   Surly

   bad-tempered and unfriendly.

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   Adherent

   sticking fast to an object or surface; following a principle strongly.

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   Alleged

   (of an incident or a person) said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.

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    Galling

    annoying; humiliating.

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    Debris

    scattered pieces of waste or remains.

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    Purportedly

    as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; allegedly.

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    Uncanny

    strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

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    Pestilence

    a fatal epidemic disease.

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    Serrated

    having or denoting a jagged edge; saw-like.

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    Accrue

    (of a benefit or sum of money) to receive or accumulate amounts over time.

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    Vindicate

    to clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.

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    Demagogue

    Rabble-rousing leader.

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    Digression

    Straying from the main point.

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    Fraught

    Filled with, especially of tension or negative emotion.

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    Haughty

    Being arrogant, talking down to people.

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    Abdicate

    to give up a position.

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    Anachronistic

    Out of the context of time, out of date.

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    Succumb

    Verb to fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.

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    Bestir

    Verb to rouse into action.

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    Patrimony

    Noun property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.

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    Procure

    Verb to obtain (something), especially with care or effort.

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    Superfluous

    Adjective exceeding what is necessary.

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    Candor

    Noun the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

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    Fervor

    Noun intense and passionate feeling.

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    Confide

    Verb to tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others.

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    Furnishing

    Noun the act of decorating a house or room and providing it with furniture and fittings.

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    Grotesque

    Adjective comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

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    Toltering

    Adjective being in unstable condition; walking unstreadily.

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    Desolate

    Adjective (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

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    Seclusion

    Noun the state of being private and away from other people.

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    Cease

    Verb to bring or come to an end.

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    Enamor

    Verb to be filled with a feeling of love for.

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    Whim

    Noun a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained.

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    Peculiar

    Adjective strange or odd; unusual.

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    Wont

    Noun one's customary behavior.

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    Debilitated

    Adjective in a weary and infirm state.

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    Harrowing

    Adjective acutely distressing.

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    Dementia

    Noun a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

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    Unscrupulous

    Adjective having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

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    Compound

    Verb to make up or constitute; make worse.

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    Infirmity

    physical or mental weakness.

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    Demur

    to object to.

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    Untoward

    Adjective unexpected inappropriate or inconvenient.

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    Vulnerable

    Adjective susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.