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formidable
inspiring admiration, awe, or fear
guile
skillful slyness; craftiness
indifferent
having no interest in or concern for
entreat
to ask earnestly; beg
avenge
to take revenge on behalf of
whim
a sudden impuse or notion; fancy
appalled
filled with dismay, horrified
ponderous
heavy in a clumsy way, bulky
adversary
an opponent; enemy
disdain
to refuse or reject scornfully