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::: expository - explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
::: compress - force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
::: subdue - less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger
::: arrears - being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done
::: barrister - counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
::: discretion - prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary
::: seminal - related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field
::: grumble - complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
::: isotope - varying from of an element
::: hatch - deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg