Extenuate
Vindicate, mitigate
Propensity
Susceptibility, tendency
Voluptuous
Seductive, opulent
Veneration
Reverence, devotion
Paroxysm
Outburst, eruption
Congregation
Believers, followers
Approbation
Recognition, acclamation
Vicissitude
Alterations, transition
Subterranean
Existing in secret