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| ardor | definition: (noun) great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal; burning heat. |
| complex | definition: (adj) composed of many interconnected parts; compound; characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc |
| desolate | definition: (adj) deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely (verb) to lay waste; devastate; to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate. |
| egregious | definition: (adj) extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant |
| expedite | definition: (verb) to speed up the progress of; hasten |
| inevitable | definition: (adj) unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion; sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable |
| obsessive | definition: (adj) being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession; causing an obsession; excessive, especially extremely so |
| reclusive | definition: (adj) shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons; characterized by seclusion; solitary |
| reprove | definition: (verb) to prove again |
| temporary | definition: (adj) lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent |
| transgress | definition: (verb) to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. verb (used with object); to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.) |
| arcane | definition: (adj) known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric |
| brittle | definition: (adj) having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture; easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail |
| depose | definition: (verb) to remove from office or position, especially high office; to testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement |
| dither | definition: (verb) to act irresolutely; vacillate (noun) a state of flustered excitement or fear |
| exonerate | definition: (verb) to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate; to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task |
| induce | definition: (verb) to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind; to bring about, produce, or cause |
| obscure | definition:(adj) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain (verb) to conceal or conceal by confusing |
| raze | definition: (verb) to tear down; demolish; level to the ground; to shave or scrape off |
| replete | definition: (adj) abundantly supplied or provided; filled |
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