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RETRENCH

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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
appeasepacify
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
sentientresponsive to or conscious of sense impressions
floefloating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
amuleta charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)