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::: ascertain - find out for certain; make certain
::: rudimentary - elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language
::: beneficial - helpful; useful; advantageous
::: check - stop motion; curb or restrain
::: demagogue - person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery
::: crochet - make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
::: tantamount - equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount
::: sacrosanct - invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable
::: conscientious - scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker
::: stoop - bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying