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Adjacent
adj - lying near;
adjoining
Candor
n - sincerity; honesty
Compassion
n - awareness and
sympathy for the
suffering of another
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Democratic
adj - of or for the
people; pertaining to
government by the
people
Disperse
v - to scatter; to
distribute
Doleful
adj - causing grief; sad
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Duress
n - a threat of harm
forcing someone to act
against his or her will
Irk
v - to annoy; to irritate
Ratify
v - to approve formally;
to sanction
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Sobriety
n - (1)a seriousness in
manner; (2)a state of
abstinence from drugs
or alcohol
Stagnate
v - to become inactive
or motionless
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subordinate (adj)
of lower importance or
rank; subject to the
control of another
subordinate (n)
one who is under the
control of another
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Talon
n - a claw of a bird of
prey or similar animal
Taut
adj - pulled, drawn, or
stretched tight
Wallow
v - to roll about in
something unclean