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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