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::: auspicious - favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices
::: evoke - call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
::: ardor - heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent
::: effusion - pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth; gushing
::: lachrymose - producing tears; tearful
::: musty - stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist
::: intimate - hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy
::: gibberish - nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling
::: pulmonary - pertaining to the lungs
::: depose - dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify