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::: hostage - person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands
::: jettison - throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
::: stricture - severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction
::: perdition - damnation; complete ruin; hell
::: fraudulent - cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle
::: apocryphal - (of a story) widely believed but untrue
::: finite - limited
::: squeamish - easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish.
::: neophyte - recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant
::: muggy - (of weather) warm and damp