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::: umbrage - resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness
::: coddle - treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs
::: indignity - treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.
::: lascivious - lustful
::: peruse - read through with care; N. perusal
::: sextant - navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
::: covenant - binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
::: incredulous - withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief
::: bawdy - indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd
::: incredulity - tendency to disbelief