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::: desolate - (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless
::: prize - pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)
::: patrician - noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian
::: strident - loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
::: eccentricity - oddity; idiosyncrasy
::: expertise - specialized knowledge (in a particular field); expert skill
::: skiff - small light sailboat or rowboat
::: imposture - assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor
::: postulate - self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)
::: abase - lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect