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discomfit
make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed; desconcertar.
Source: The Physician - Novel by Noah Gordon
guile
sly or cunning intelligence.
Source: The Physician - Novel by Noah Gordon
profligate
recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
Source: The Physician - Novel by Noah Gordon
chasten
(usu. be chastened) (of a reproof or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.
Source: The Physician - Novel by Noah Gordon