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::: abyss - enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
::: balmy - soft and mild (of air); fragrant
::: defalcate - embezzle
::: discretion - prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary
::: manumit - emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
::: conviction - judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
::: prone - inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone
::: revert - relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion
::: penchant - strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars
::: polarize - split into opposite extremes or camps