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::: selective - careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer
::: vie - contend; compete
::: pretentious - ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art
::: petrify - turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze
::: marital - pertaining to marriage
::: irreverence - lack of proper respect or reverence; ADJ. irreverent
::: juxtapose - place side by side; CF. next
::: preternatural - beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces
::: meticulous - excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous
::: defrock - strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock