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::: delineate - portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation
::: confound - confuse; puzzle
::: preempt - prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive
::: gallows - framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)
::: molecule - the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
::: pachyderm - thick-skinned animal
::: vagary - capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
::: pucker - gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle or fold
::: sloth - slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent
::: pulchritude - beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous