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::: retrieve - recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation
::: misconstrue - interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge
::: uncouth - boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish
::: distrait - absentminded; distracted
::: fluster - confuse; make nervous and confused; N.
::: hermetic - sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight
::: tribute - tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to
::: splice - join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.
::: inept - unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate
::: vixen - female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew