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::: divest - strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
::: trenchant - cutting; incisive; keen
::: sententious - pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic
::: gerontology - study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age
::: festive - joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival
::: amphitheater - oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena
::: adept - expert at; very skilled
::: venal - capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal
::: entail - make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B
::: counterpart - thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system