Fab Vocab 51-75

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An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome
Crux
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Having great diversity or variety
Multifarious
3
Combatitive; quarrelsome
Pugnacious
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Dream, musing, state of being lost in thought
Reverie
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Tending to irritate; repellent
Rebarbative
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To speak evil of; to defame, to slander
Malign
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To make twisting or turning movements; contort the body, as in agony; squirm
Writhe
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State of disuse; uselessness
Desuetude
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Pleasing or sweet in sound; smooth-sound
Euphonious
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Trembling agitation or fear
Trepidation
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Characterized by or expressing good will or kindly feelings; desiring to help others; charitable
Benevolent
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Cutting: incisive; having a sharp point
Trenchant
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Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding; grave; sober; solemn; serious
Austere
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Displaying fierceness; savage; cruel; defiant
Truculent
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Anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong
Indignation
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A tendency to gloominess or depression: a sad thoughtful state of mind; persiveness
Melancholy
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The purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art
Catharsis
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Cloudy; disturbed, muddy
Turbid
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An act or instance of destroying land, population, or community
Desolation
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Causing fear, apprehension, or dread
Formidable
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To bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master; to make submissive or subservient; enslave
Subjugate
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Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious
Clandestine
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Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort
Solace
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To remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possesion of (a person or persons)
Deprive
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To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
Transcend
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