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::: nurse - suckle; take care of (as a nurse); bear in mind; Ex. nursing mother; Ex. nurse a hope/grudge against someone
::: surreptitious - done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
::: trifling - trivial; unimportant
::: discordant - not harmonious; conflicting
::: robust - strong; vigorous
::: historic - important in history; Ex. historic battle
::: exalt - raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation
::: dogged - determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean
::: ostracize - banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism
::: ichthyology - study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish