efficacy – capacity for producing a desired result or effect trepidation – tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation palatial – of, or pertaining to, or resembling a palace apotheosis – elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god asperity – harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner minatory – menacing, threatening
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kibbutz – Israeli compound caterwaul – to utter long, wailing cries abscond – to depart in a sudden, secret manner, especially to avoid prosecution logorrhea – pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech recalicitrant – resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory, hard to deal with, manage, or operate metamorphose – to change the form or [...]