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::: hypocritical - pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; N. hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one does not possess; CF. hypocrite
::: yield - amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
::: diminution - lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish
::: proscribe - prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
::: diverge - vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating
::: rotund - (of a person) fat and round
::: skulk - move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.
::: whinny - neigh like a horse; CF. neigh: make the sound which horses make
::: incipient - beginning; in an early stage
::: serendipity - gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip