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Aghast
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– adj. struck with terror or amazement; shocked
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Amend
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– v. correct (amended)
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Chagrin
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– n. a feeling of embarrassment caused by humiliation or failure (chagrined)
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Daunt
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– v. to destroy the courage of; dismay (undaunted)
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Efficacious
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– adj. effective (efficacy)
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Heft
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– v. to lift up; hoist
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Ingenious
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– adj. marked by skill and imagination; clever (ingenioiusly)
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Requite
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– v. pay back (requited; unrequited)
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Renown
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– n. fame (renowned)
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Reproof
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– n. an expression of disapproval; criticism (reproofed)
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Respite
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– n. a period of rest or delay
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Uncanny
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– adj. frighteningly unnatural or supernatural; mysterious (canny; uncannily)
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Unwieldy
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– adj. so large, heavy, or oddly shaped as to be difficult to hold or use
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Wince
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– v. to spring back involuntarily, as in pain (winced)
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Penance
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– n. punishment accepted by a person to show sorrow for wrong-doing
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