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::: expropriate - take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
::: prepossessing - attractive; CF. preoccupying ?
::: jargon - language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk
::: retiring - shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality
::: plasticity - ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay
::: furtive - stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive glance
::: corrugated - wrinkled; ridged
::: stanch - stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound
::: impartial - not biased; fair; N. impartiality
::: tangential - only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent