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Soporific

[noun,adjective] 
MEANING: 

1. (adj.) causing or tending to cause sleep
2. (adj.) of or pertaining to sleep or drowsiness
3. (n.) something that causes sleep

 

Benign

[adjective] 
MEANING:

1. of a mild, gentle disposition
2. characterised by gentleness or kindness
3. favourable
4. harmless; non-malignant

 

 

Exhort

[verb] 
MEANING:

to warn or advise earnestly; to warn strongly and urgently

 

Hackle 

[noun] 
MEANING: 

1. a long and slender feather on the neck of a bird like a pigeon or a rooster
2. (pl.) the hair on the back of the neck of an animal like a dog or a cat, that rise in fear or anger

 

Loquacious

[adjective] 
MEANING: 

extremely talkative