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Evils
- noun - morally objectionable behavior
- that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
Exalt
- verb - fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
- heighten or intensify;
- praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
- raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
Exile
- noun - a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
- a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
- expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
- the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
Exult
- verb - feel extreme happiness or elation
- to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?"
Fa La
- noun - meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song
- meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong
Fable
- noun - a deliberately false or improbable account
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Fails
- verb -
- be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
- be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
- fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
- fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of
Falla
- noun - Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)
Falls
- noun - a downward slope or bend
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"
- a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"
- a steep descent of the water of a river
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
- a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
- assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
- Autumn
- be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"