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| to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease | mollify |
| fish scientist | ichthyologist |
| able to speak or write several languages; multilingual | polyglot |
| almost completely transparent or translucent | diaphanous |
| an easy profitable job | sinecure |
| speech to oneself | soliloquy |
| supporter | adherent |
| renounce; to give up | abjure |
| burning | caustic |
| flowing together | confluence |
| to remove from office or position | depose |
| self-obsession | egomania |
| outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant, flagrant | egregious |
| painkiller | analgesic |
| palm reading | chiromancy |
| government by a few | oligarchy |
| not easily controlled; stubborn | intractable |
| not compromising | intransigent |
| treacherous; deceitful | perfidious |
| clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand | perspicuous |
| innocent and naive | ingenuous |
| a roundabout expression | circumlocution |
| sociable | gregarious |
| rambling | discursive |
| bringing sleep | somniferous |