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::: presentiment - premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear
::: offensive - attacking; insulting; distasteful; V. offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N. offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first offense
::: resuscitate - revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child
::: stodgy - dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book
::: barrister - counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar
::: insurgent - rebellious; N.
::: chase - ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch
::: incorporeal - without a material body; insubstantial
::: exegesis - explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
::: ordain - decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination