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::: pellucid - transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand
::: pungent - stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
::: debilitate - weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble
::: ulterior - intentionally hidden; beyond what is evident; situated beyond; unstated and often questionable; Ex. ulterior motive
::: comprehend - include; understand
::: atypical - not normal; not typical
::: thrifty - careful about money; economical; N. thrift
::: ethnology - study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology
::: extraneous - not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject
::: ellipsis - omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses