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::: pedestal - support or base as for a pillar or statue
::: recondite - abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
::: humus - substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil
::: vortex - whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
::: seamy - sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life
::: insatiable - not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite
::: monotony - sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous; CF. monotone
::: rationalize - make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization
::: indoctrinate - cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism
::: venturesome - (of a person) bold; adventurous; daring; (of an action) risky