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Description of appease (verb: appeased; appeased; appeasing)
make peace with



   
Description of propensity (noun: propensities)
a disposition to behave in a certain way



   
Description of urbane (adjective)
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; svelte



   
Description of morbid (adjective)
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; pathologic; pathological



   
Description of embroil (verb: embroiled; embroiled; embroiling)
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; sweep; sweep up; drag; drag in



   
Description of correlation (noun: correlations)
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; coefficient

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Description of substantive (adjective)
existing independently; real; tangible

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Description of colic (noun)
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants); gripes; griping



   
Description of modeled (adjective)
resembling sculpture; sculptured; sculpturesque



   
Description of quandary (noun: quandaries)
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options



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