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Acquiesce:
(verb) to accept or comply tacitly or passively
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Append:
(verb) to attach or affix; to add as a supplement
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Attenuate:
(verb) to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or volume of; to weaken
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Circumlocution:
(noun) the use of an unnecessary number of words to express an idea; evasion in speech
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Coalesce:
(verb) to grow together; to unite into a whole; to fuse; to join forces
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Fait accompli:
(noun) a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible
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Garner:
(verb) to acquire by effort; to earn; to accumulate or collect
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Impede:
(verb) to interfere with or slow the progress of; to hinder
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Inequitable:
(adj.) unfair
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Jingoism:
(noun) extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked esp. by a belligerent foreign policy
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Mirth:
(noun) gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Perish:
(verb) to become destroyed or ruined; to die
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Philanthropy:
(noun) goodwill to fellowmen, esp. active effort to promote human welfare
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Reproachfully:
(adv.) disapprovingly; scornfully
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Sanguine:
(adj.) confident; optimistic; marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
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Supine:
(adj.) lying on the back or with the face upward; exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity, esp. mentally or morally slack
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Tawdry:
(adj.) cheap or gaudy in appearance or quality; ignoble
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Tenacious:
(adj.) not easily pulled apart; cohesive, tough, sticky; persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued as habitual
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Wily:
(adj.) crafty; slick; full of tricks or strategies
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Wry:
(adj.) marked by perversity; twisted; cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous
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