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::: expound - explain
::: diversion - act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse
::: repress - hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion
::: broach - introduce as a subject; moot; open up
::: recurrent - occurring again and again
::: insolvent - bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. insolvency
::: nausea - feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness
::: teetotalism - practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total
::: precursor - forerunner; predecessor
::: ascendancy - controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant