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::: savor - enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
::: actuate - motivate; activate; cause to act
::: stoop - bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
::: evoke - call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
::: energize - invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active
::: antecedents - preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
::: loath - reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.
::: manipulate - operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative
::: connivance - pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
::: composure - mental calmness