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::: colossus - gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
::: ascendancy - controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
::: pediatrician - physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics
::: swill - drink greedily
::: cognitive - having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing
::: implacable - incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy
::: magniloquent - boastful; pompous
::: diorama - life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
::: augury - omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)
::: renounce - abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation