DULCET

dulcet:

- sweet to the taste

- pleasing to the ear

- generally pleasing or agreeable

Example: I really enjoyed the dulcet tones of the cello.

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PERDITION

perdition:

- eternal damnation

- hell

Example: "The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!" [Reference: Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick]

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BEMUSE

bemuse: to confuse; to bewilder

Example: No longer can the question "Do you think we ought to have a war?" bemuse us. We have a war, and it is not of our own making. [Reference: Our Opinion: Pearl Harbor editorial in 1941 captured country's mood]

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BILLET

billet:

noun:

1. an official order directing that a soldier or a member of a military force be provided with lodging

2. a section of a log; especially one cut for fuel

verb:

1- to provide lodging

2- to obtain lodging

3- to direct a soldier by order where to lodge; to serve with a written order to provide lodging for a military force