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Annul
(v.) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative
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Blasé
(adj.) indifferant, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures
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Bolster
- (v.) to support, give a boost to
- (n.) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
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Deplore
(v.) to feel or exprese regret or disapprovel
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Frivolous
(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention, not ment seriously
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Muster
(v.) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to
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Nonentity
(n.) a person, place or thing of no importance
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Obsess
(v.) to trouble, haunt or fill the mind
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Ornate
(adj.) elaboratel decorated; showily splendid
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Oust
(v.) to remove, drive out of position or place
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Peruse
(v.) to read thoroughly and carefully
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Porous
(adj.) full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
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Promontory
(n.) a high point of land extending in to water
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Prone
(adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely
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Qualm
(n.0a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, doubt, a feeling of faintness or nausea
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Recourse
(n.) a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
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Residue
(n.) a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
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Solictous
(adj.) showing concern or care, fearful or anxious about someone or something
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Staid
(adj.) serious and dignified;quite or subdued in character or in conduct
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Sustian
(v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo, to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
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