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::: hieroglyphic - picture writing; ADJ.
::: ubiquitous - being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity
::: tout - promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
::: unilateral - one-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration
::: authenticate - prove genuine
::: disport - amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
::: crest - top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
::: straggle - stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch
::: fester - rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
::: penury - extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy