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| conduce |
to lead or contribute to a result. |
| apprise |
to give notice to; inform. |
| diminution |
the act, fact, or process of diminishing lessening; reduction. |
| hitherto |
up to this time; until now. |
| impelled |
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action. |
| fallible |
liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken. |
| diffidence |
the quality or state of lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
| admonish |
to caution, advise, or counsel against something. |
| inviolable |
secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration. |
| vicissitude |
regular change or succession of one state or thing to another. |
| beneficence |
the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity. |
| auspices |
favorable signs or propitious circumstances. |
| felicity |
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss. |
| edifice |
any large, complex system or organization. |
| palladium |
anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard. |
| inducement |
something that induces motivates, or persuades; incentive. |
| apostate |
a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. |
| precarious |
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure. |
| benign |
having a kindly disposition; gracious. |
| conduce |
to lead or contribute to a result. |
| apprise |
to give notice to; inform. |
| diminution |
the act, fact, or process of diminishing lessening; reduction. |
| hitherto |
up to this time; until now. |
| impelled |
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action. |
| fallible |
liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken. |
| diffidence |
the quality or state of lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
| admonish |
to caution, advise, or counsel against something. |
| inviolable |
secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration. |
| vicissitude |
regular change or succession of one state or thing to another. |
| beneficence |
the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity. |
| auspices |
favorable signs or propitious circumstances. |
| felicity |
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss. |
| edifice |
any large, complex system or organization. |
| palladium |
anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard. |
| inducement |
something that induces motivates, or persuades; incentive. |
| apostate |
a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. |
| precarious |
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure. |
| benign |
having a kindly disposition; gracious. |
