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Admonish
Warn or reprimand someone firmly
Contingent
Subject to chance
Rancid
Having Disagreeable taste or smell of oils or fats
Deprave
Making someone immoral, or wicked
Indulge
Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
Prosaic
Having the style or diction of prose
Dire
Extremely serious or urgent!
Misappropriate
Dishonestly take someone else's belongings
Rendition
A performance or interpretation
Pervade
A smell spread through and perceived every part of