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::: severity - harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense
::: grunt - utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); N.
::: pitfall - hidden danger; concealed trap
::: dirge - funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
::: circumlocution - indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
::: loathe - detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
::: leaven - add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens
::: underlying - lying below; fundamental
::: zealot - one who is zealous; fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
::: skulk - move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.