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::: static - having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state
::: languish - lose animation or strength
::: afterlife - life after death; later part of one's life
::: bastion - stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism
::: wheedle - deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her
::: generic - characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus
::: raconteur - story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill
::: malingerer - one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work
::: purgatory - place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins
::: despot - tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism