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::: variegated - (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
::: gargantuan - huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel
::: imprudent - lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious
::: genre - particular variety of art or literature
::: debonair - (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition
::: quell - suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill
::: regeneration - spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually
::: forswear - renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure
::: plagiarize - steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap
::: specious - seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)