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::: pediatrician - physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics
::: retentive - holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory
::: apparent - evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement
::: mountebank - charlatan; boastful pretender
::: disseminate - distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
::: supposititious - assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
::: misadventure - mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure
::: abet - assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
::: esoteric - hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, esp. initiates; N. esoterica
::: bate - let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate