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| giving assistance or support | auxiliary (adj.) |
| a helper, aid | auxiliary (n.) |
| frank, sincere, impartial | candid |
| a small room or compartment | cubicle |
| work that is hard and tiresome | drudgery |
| a representative or messenger (as of government) | envoy |
| 1. to elevate; 2. to increase in intensity | escalate |
| a means to an end, device, contrivance | expedient (n.) |
| advantageous, useful | expedient (adj.) |
| to pretend | feign |
| 1. a natural quality, talent, skill; 2. a distinctive style | flair |
| 1. causing sorrow or pain; 2. serious | grievous |
| composed of different kinds, diverse | heterogeneous |
| 1. a vast number (as of people) 2. a throng | horde |
| to force, drive forward | impel |
| disbelieving, skeptical | incredulous |
| 1. to write or engrave; 2. to enter a name on a list | inscribe |
| 1. a speech by one actor; 2. a long talk by one person | monologue |
| a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation | prognosis |
| with a harsh, grating sound | rasping (adj.) |
| a harsh sound | rasping (n.) |
| offensive, disagreeable, distasteful | repugnant |
| 1. to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; 2. to get rid of something in a decisive way; 3. to run hastily, scurry | scuttle (v.) |
| a pail | scuttle (n.) |