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::: environ - enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)
::: ferocious - fierce; violent; N. ferocity
::: bereft - deprived of (something valuable); lacking
::: muggy - (of weather) warm and damp
::: monograph - scholarly article
::: chary - cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold
::: extrude - force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die
::: enumerate - list; mention one by one
::: litotes - understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''
::: myopic - nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia