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::: felicity - happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous
::: abject - (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology
::: contrived - unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.
::: convulsion - violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
::: sunder - separate; part; CF. asunder
::: commemorative - remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp
::: paradigm - model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word
::: inveigle - deceive; lead astray by deception; wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly
::: complaisant - trying to please; obliging; willing to please others
::: seedy - run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel