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::: epithet - word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)
::: manifestation - outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; Ex. manifestation of his pronounced musical bent
::: rarefied - made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction
::: conviction - judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
::: earthy - unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal
::: desolate - (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless
::: protocol - diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.
::: laud - praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise
::: putrescent - becoming putrid; putrefying
::: pretentious - ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art