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::: curmudgeon - churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person
::: propellant - (propellent) substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)
::: lechery - gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man
::: exchequer - treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer
::: ordeal - severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction
::: pedigree - ancestry; lineage
::: laud - praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise
::: nocturnal - done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne
::: spectral - ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom
::: fermentation - chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation