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Critical Words 002

1: Provide physical relief, as from pain

acrimony
arable
assuage
avarice

2: Marked by complexity and richness of detail

lithe
terrestrial
luxuriant
charlatan

3: Having an unpleasant sound

cacophonous
supplant
discrepancy
acquiesce

4: A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

hackneyed
abaft
witticism
voluble

5: A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

misnomer
lampoon
diffidence
arable

6: A very old (or old fashioned) person

anachronistic
emend
antediluvian
evanescent

7: Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

fathom
foolhardy
fallow
perfunctory

8: Having great beauty and splendor

replete
resplendent
respite
viable

9: Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; grim determination

jocular
lurid
equanimity
inexorable

10: Having no precedent; novel

supplant
unprecedented
impregnable
zeitgeist

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