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::: mangle - tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies
::: eloquence - expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced
::: squabble - minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children
::: nettle - irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome
::: bullion - gold and silver in the form of bars
::: adulterate - make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances
::: accretion - growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete
::: devolve - deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to
::: accelerate - move faster
::: estranged - separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement