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::: cadaverous - like a corpse; pale
::: soliloquy - talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation)
::: ambience - environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature
::: concordat - formal agreement
::: incinerate - burn to ashes
::: admonish - warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
::: engulf - surround and swallow up
::: untoward - unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter
::: filial - pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect
::: zealot - one who is zealous; fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal