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Term | Definition |
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Alliance | A joining together for some common purpose |
Bewilder | To puzzle completely, confuse |
Buffoon | A clown; a coarse, stupid person |
Controversial | Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
Dishearten | To discourage |
Fruitless | Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful |
Hostile | unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive |
Inflammable | Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused |
inflict | To give or cause something unpleasant, impose |
Malignant | Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
Mortify | To hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue, or discipline by self denial or suffering |
Orthodox | In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
Procure | To obtain through special efforts; to bring about |
Scurry | To run quickly, scamper, hurry |
Sodden | Soaked with liquid or moisture, expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless |
Spirited | Full of life and vigor; courageous |
Virtual | Having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
Void | Completely empty; having no legal force or effect; empty space or unfilled space; cancel or nullify |
Wayward | Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious |
Wince | To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; the act of drawing back this way |