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1.		n. the quality of sound which distinguishes one from another
		banal
		tawdry
		wrest
		timbre

2.		adj. mild; harmless
		dais
		ostensible
		furtive
		benign

3.		adj. of the sea; having to do with sailors, ships, or navigation
		halcyon
		arduous
		acrid
		nautical

4.		adj. discouraged; depressed
		ken
		imminent
		inclined
		disheartened

5.		v. to pretend to be ill in order to escape work
		coy
		menagerie
		macerate
		malinger

6.		n. a piece of land jutting into a body of water
		promontory
		iota
		accolade
		archetype

7.		adj. periodic; occasional
		impenitent
		intermittent
		curmudgeon
		exhume

8.		adj. lacking vitality; indifferent
		dearth
		cataclysm
		ingenue
		languid

9.		adj. shabby in appearance
		dowdy
		saturate
		tribunal
		abbreviate

10.		n. a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken
		contusion
		precipitate
		glib
		abstinence