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impetuous

impulsive
bereft

bereaved
rapport

close relationship
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mitigate

make less severe
incite

provoke
batten

secure
sycophant

person who tries to please someone to gain advantage
deprecate

belittle
defer

to put off
presumption

assumed to be true
delude

deceive
corpulent

obese
apprised

advised
florid

showy
ostentatious

pretending
jaded

exhausted
despotism

absolute power
emaciate

cause to grow thin/weak
gaunt

thin from disease
vacuous

mindless
turpitude

depravity
incur

become subject to something unpleasant
malevolent

wishing evil
slovenly

slob-like
stolid

w/o emotion
iridescent

changing colors in different angles
pilfer

take belongings of others
knoll

small natural hill
terse

brief
lucid

easily understood
aberration

diversion from the expected
cadre

nucleus
deposition

formal statement used as evidence outside court
svelte

gracefully slender
tenuous

slight
pugnacious

callous
culpable

blameable
virile

energetic
alibi

excuse; self-justification
permutation

change
injunction

formal command
ardent

passionate
callow

inexperienced
furtively

sneakily
inclement

merciless
benefactor

person who gives money to a cause
boudoir

lady's bedroom
abscond

run away w/
evoke

call to the mind
invoke

call upon; appeal to
harried

troubled
ardent

intense emotion
loconically

dryly
ballast

something that steadies the mind
cretin

idiot
pragmatic

practical
impetus

impulse
indispose

make unfit
banal

boring, obvious
coalesce

mix
incorrigible

not correctable
hedonistic

devoted to pleasure
corpus

collection of writings

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2010-02-24T15:51:37Z