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innocuous
harmless, safe, nontoxic, innocent; edible, eatable.
metronome
a device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick.
buoy
an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring.
semblance
resemblance; similarity: it bears some semblance to
unfurl
spread out from a rolled or folded state,
wrest
forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp
implore
beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something
inconsolable
not able to be comforted or alleviated:
relinquish
voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
jostle
push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd