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::: adversity - great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event
::: blackball - vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
::: trifle - something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt
::: ferocious - fierce; violent; N. ferocity
::: circlet - small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)
::: peremptory - demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock
::: rabid - of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia
::: prefatory - introductory; of a preface
::: jaundiced - yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye
::: gibe - mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks