Obliged

uh-BLYJD (/əˈblaɪdʒd/)

to be grateful or thankful; duty-bound.

“Work was intense last month, and I was much obliged to my natural superpower of functioning on as little as 3 hours of sleep.”

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extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading.

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exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

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a trip or tour, especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense.

Enrapture

to give intense pleasure or joy to.

Inchoate

just begun and so not fully formed or developed.

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the act of confabulating; chatting; talking informally.

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