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::: importunate - urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
::: nonplus - put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more
::: depreciate - lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value
::: secession - withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership
::: covenant - binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
::: foster - rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents
::: trickle - flow in drops or in a thin stream; N.
::: primordial - existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary
::: magisterial - authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
::: chaste - morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere