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::: distinction - honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction
::: philanderer - faithless lover; flirt
::: hallucination - delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory
::: verdigris - green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather
::: penumbra - partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow
::: allege - state without proof
::: culmination - highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
::: hardy - (of people or animals) sturdy; robust; (of plants) able to stand inclement(stormy) weather
::: tenuous - thin; slim; rare
::: selective - careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer