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::: parallel - similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled
::: depredation - plundering; destruction
::: diva - operatic singer; prima donna
::: avarice - greediness for wealth
::: mawkish - mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental
::: pedagogue - teacher; CF. child leader
::: solicitous - anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude
::: arraign - charge in court; indict
::: flail - beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle
::: venial - (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial