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Wistful

Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; musingly sad

Pensive

Smite

To strike sharply or heavily; to kill or severely injure; to affect as if by striking

Bludgeon,clobber, bash,pound,smack,slug

Wane

To decrease in size, extent, or degree; to become less bright or powerful

Abate, decline,diminish, ebb, recede, subside

Tangible

Capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch; substantially real

Palpable, material, touchable

Terminate

To come to an end in time; to discontinue; to serve as an ending, limit, or boundary of

Complete, conclude, finish

Candid

Frank, sincere; impartial; opposed

Forthright; unbiased

Drudgery

Work that is hard and tiresome

Toil, labor, grind

Escalate

To elevate; to increase in intensity

Raise;ascend;mount

Grievous

Causing sorrow or pain; serious

Painful, heart ending

Horde

A vast number; a throng

Crowd, multitude,swarm

Incredulous

Disbelieving; skeptical

Mistrustful;doubting

Prognosis

A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease

Projection

Repugnant

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Hateful, revolting, repulsive

Impel

To force, drive forward

Urge, propel, incite

Rasping

With a harsh, grating sound

Scraping, abrasive, gravely

Tolerate

To put up with; to allow to be or to be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction

Endure, permit, allow

Trivial

A little worth or importance; common place or ordinary

Incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, minor, slight, unimportant

Turmoil

State or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion

Restlessness, unease, unrest, disquiet

Upheaval

Extreme agitation; or disorder radical change

Tumult, uproar

Spurn

To Reject with the disdain or contempt; to tread sharply or heavily upon

Scorn, trample, reprobate, disapprove

Aspire

To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

Yearn, aim for, soar

Bleak

Bare, dreary, dismal

grim, gloomy, desolate, barren

Despicable

Worthy of scorn; contemptible

Low, cheap, sordid, detestable

Erroneous

Incorrect, containing mistakes

Fallacious; wrong

Exploit

To make use of; develop; to make in proper use of for personal profit

Turn to advantage;misuse

Invincible

Not able to be defeated, unbeatable

Unconquerable

Languid

Drooping; without energy, sluggish

Listless, lethargic

Skeptical

Inclined to doubt; slow to except something as true

Suspicious, incredulous

Obtrusive

Forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

Brash, conspicuous, protruding

Render

To sauce to become; perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

Present, furnace, submit, make, effect