1. Dispence- (verb) - to distribute; administer
"It dispensed wiath all those bothersome little acts of daily courage..." (page 40)
synonym: assign, deal out, allocate
"i had to dispense all the empty bottles into the recycle bin."
2. Imperative - (adj) - absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
"knowledge, of coursel, is always imperfect, but it seemed to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause." (page 41)
synonym: critical, crucial, essential
"It was imperative that i studied for my english midterm."
3. Smoldering - (verb) - to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
"Later it burned down to a smoldering self- pity, then to numbness." (page 42)
synonym: erupt, consume, fester, fume
"His dark smoldering eyes made me uncomfortable"
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