te niht noun any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or, especially, an organization holds as being true. He began to question the tenets of his religion.
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lethargy
le thər ji noun a state of having very low energy with drowsiness and apathy; lassitude. She’d fallen into a lethargy caused by physical pain and depression, and she now spent most…
ululate
yu yu leIt intransitive verb to howl or bay loudly, as a hound.
tacit
tae sit suggested, implied, or understood, without being expressed in words. He gave his tacit agreement to the plan.
contort
ken tort to twist into an unusual or unnatural shape. Rage contorted his features. His face contorted with rage.