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::: check - stop motion; curb or restrain
::: dismiss - eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal
::: chortle - chuckle with delight; N.
::: pith - core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance
::: dyslexia - word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read
::: genus - division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species
::: connoisseur - person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art
::: strident - loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
::: hyperbole - exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
::: glower - scowl; glare; look or stare angrily