harrow
to cause great distress or torment to someone
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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.
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done regularly and repeatedly, as a matter of habit
to make accustomed to something through repeated exposure
the erectile hairs along an animal's neck and back that rise in anger or fear; figuratively, a state of anger (as in 'raise someone's hackles')
made dull and unoriginal through overuse
a biography that idealizes its subject and glosses over flaws
marked by peace, prosperity, and happiness; idyllically calm
to set apart as holy or treat with great reverence
regarded as holy or deeply revered
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