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::: hew - cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.
::: filibuster - block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter
::: contusion - bruise
::: equable - tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform
::: alliteration - repetition of beginning sound in poetry
::: import - significance; importance; meaning
::: onomatopoeia - words formed in imitation of natural sounds
::: maelstrom - violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream
::: vagary - capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
::: calumny - malicious misrepresentation; slander